[3] Leroy was interested in the paving at Api, which had been badly damaged during excavations in 1936 and 1940 by Jeanne Tercafs, who moved central stones and dug trenches, then left the wrecked site to the mercy of the weather.
On 25 January, the Belgian government ordered Lumumba's release so he could participate in a round table discussion in Brussels of the independence process.
Leroy was sent to Luluabourg to evaluate the situation of Belgians there, including 90 teachers and 50 former colonial administrators who were providing advice to their successors.
Leroy was critical of the administrators but positive about the teachers, whom he saw as important in the context of the Cold War in counteracting the influence of Eastern Europeans there.
[6] He wrote, "Our teachers exert a tremendous influence on the country’s evolution by educating the next generation of leaders."