The CIA conducted a series of covert operations in the Congo from 1960 to 1968 to stabilize the government and minimize communist influence. The program included regime change, political action, propaganda, air and marine operations, and arms interdiction, as well as support to a hostage rescue mission. The program cost nearly $12 million and aimed to establish a pro-Western leadership in the Congo. President Joseph Mobutu became a reliable and staunchly anticommunist ally of Washington’s until his overthrow in 1997. Some elements of the program, including the assassination plot against Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, have been described in open sources.
# CIA
Recently released CIA papers reveal that the CIA planned and prepared for the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and President Sukarno, but did not carry out the assassinations themselves. The papers also admit that a partner service was ordered to execute the assassination of Lumumba. However, the Commission investigating the matter did not find any evidence that the CIA participated in Lumumba's death. Bissell, the CIA Deputy Director of Plans at the time, testified that the plan to assassinate Sukarno was never perfected to the point where it seemed feasible, and the Agency had nothing to do with the death of either Lumumba or Sukarno.
The document is a memorandum containing a disjointed list of ideas, including pretexts for U.S. military intervention in Cuba and the objective of the MONGOOSE program. The document also mentions the continuation of the current intelligence collection program, increased efforts to weaken the economy of the target country, and an intensive propaganda campaign.
This page discusses various topics related to geoengineering, including ozone layer fear mongering, HAARP as a trimming tool of tropospheric SRM, and the CIA's memorandum on climate control. It also connects geoengineering to education and the debt money system, warning against being 'dumbified' and distracted from the truth.