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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

Belleville News-Democrat, 1/15/12 In his book "Martin Luther King: The Assassination," Harold Weisberg revealed that Robert Frazier, the chief FBI firearms expert, stated in an affidavit: "Because of distortion due to mutilation and insufficient marks of value, I could draw no conclusion as to whether or not the submitted bullet was fired from the submitted rifle.