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The American Role in Lumumba's Murder

American officials plotted to assassinate Lumumba, the Congo's first prime minister, in 1960. While a CIA plan to poison him was abandoned, U.S. officials enabled his overthrow, supported his opposition, and secretly approved his transfer to executioners who murdered him on January 17, 1961.
July 21, 2026

Also see: “Reinhard Gehlen’s Man in Louisville (and Saddam Hussein),” and“Fascist Propaganda at Family Security Matters: Praise for Nazi Reinhard Gehlen” “I never would have agreed to the formulation of the CIA back in 1947 if I had known it would become the American Gestapo.