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    "ocrText": "SECRET\nAPPENDIX E\nChronology of Important Events\n1831\n- Kingdom of Belgium established as a hereditary constitutional mon-\narchy.\n1839\n- The nation's neutrality guaranteed by the great powers.\n1885\n- Belgian chambers voted King Leopold II Chief of Congo Free State.\n1890\n- Belgian government acquired right of annexing Congo Free State.\n1908\n- The Belgian Congo annexed by Belgium.\n1914\n4 August\n- The German Army invaded Belgium.\n1918\n22 November - King Albert and the Government returned to Brussels.\n1919\n- The Treaty of Versailles relieved Belgium of her obligations of neu-\ntrality and placed the Prussian cantons of Eupen, Malmedy, and St.\nVith under Belgian sovereignty. Belgium obtained a mandate over\na part of former German East Africa (Ruanda-Urundi).\nNovember\n-\nSocialists for the first time nearly equalled the strength of the Catholic\nparty, which for forty years had enjoyed an absolute majority.\n1922\n- Belgium and Luxembourg joined together in a customs union.\n1926\n- The Belgian franc was stabilized at one-seventh of its original value,\nand the creation of the belga returned Belgium to the gold standard.\n1935\n- After five years of a drastic deflationary policy, the franc was de-\nvaluated 28 percent, and the economy of the nation began to recover\nfrom the depression.\n1936\n- Belgium returned to a neutral status and sought protection against\naggression in the guarantees of the large powers, including Germany.\nThe Flemish Nationalists and the French-speaking Rexists, both ultra-\nnationalists, Fascist parties, reached the height of their strength and\npopularity.\n1940\n10 May\n- The German Army invaded Belgium; the Cabinet ministers proceeded\nto France.\n28 May\n- King Leopold, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, surrendered to\nthe Germans.\nOctober\n- Government-in-exile formed in London.\n1944\nJune\n- King Leopold deported to Germany.\nSeptember\n- The Governments-in-exile of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg\nsigned the Benelux Customs Convention. Most of Belgium was liber-\nlated, and the Government-in-exile returned to Brussels.\n55\nSECRET"
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