[4] In 1938 Dufour was responsible for a serious automobile accident and was forced to pay a large fine by the Léopoldville court of appeal.
[5] In the late 1930s Dufour was the target of concerted and virulent attacks from La Belgika[a] and the Kilo-Moto Gold Mines delivered by their influential representatives André Gilson, also president of the Association of Belgian Colonial Interests, and by General Georges Moulaert.
They claimed that he failed to support colonial interests and caused great damage as a result.
[5] In 1939 the governor wrote to Dufour asking about the origin of a statement often attributed to him, that he would rather see his territorial agents in their bed than in a cotton field.
[7] In November 1938 General E. Hennequin, commander of the Force Publique, and Robert Reisdorff,[b] the newly appointed replacement of M. Georges Mortehan as inspector of state, dined with Rodolphe Dufour.