“national security which would follow / such release. (S) 3. I strongly urge that you not allow the information 2 regarding the Congo and Senegal to be released. The Congo is now Zaire and the station in the 60‘s would have been in Leopoldville, now Kinshasa where we are …”
“… tential agents in various European countries. Later he became the major . asset under ZRRIFLE. In this capacity he made a brief visit to the Congo, but took no actions. On the weekend of 7 June 1975, members of the Senate Select Committee staff spent many hours at Headquarters readi …”
“… d there are only four major roads into this southern area. athet: could a sealed off." Jnited:Nations would called "it :dome n Korea and the Congo. 6. - This enclave in Bulgaria would be the start of the overthrow of - S the commmist government in that country. When this achieved, Mm …”
“… Mr. Sam Halperin has questioned our request that Item 339, page 509 remain classified on the ground that references to CIA activities in the Congo in an official report of the U.S. Senate declassified the reference to the Congo. 2. The existence of a CIA presence in the Congo is re …”
“… Mr. Sam Halperin has questioned our request that Item 339, page 509 remain classified on the ground that references to CIA activities in the Congo in an official report of the U.S. Senate declassified the reference to the Congo. 2. The existence of a CIA presence in the Congo is re …”
“… Chief of Station of CIA in Brazil and on page 209 he discusses CIA in Bolivia. (S) In regard to the declassification of CIA presence in the Congo (Attachment A, Item 339, MSS p. no. 509), Africa Division states "The existence of a CIA presence in the Congo is reported in an interim …”
“to the Congo. The Church Committee report as cited in Attachment A has already made "official-public disclosure” of the matter, rendering the subject …”
“… Chief of Station of CIA in Brazil and on page 209 he discusses CIA in Bolivia. (S) In regard to the declassification of CIA presence in the Congo (Attachment A, Item 339, MSS p. no. 509), Africa Division states "The existence of a CIA presence in the Congo is reported in an interim …”
“the Congo. The Church Committee report as cited in Attachment A has already made "official-public disclosure" of the matter, rendering the subject …”
“… HE BULLET MALCOLM X 12. THE WEST ON TRIAL - CHEDI JAGAN 1 Garat - 13. REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION - REGIS DEBRAY 14. THE CHALLENGE OF THE CONGO - KWANE NKRUMAH 15. GUERILLA WARFARE - CHE GUEVARA .. 16. AXIOMS OF KWANE NKRUMAH (FREEDOM FIGHTERS EDITION) 17. PERIODICALS - NEWSPAPER …”
“… me months later, I don't remember the exact date. It was 23 before I went to .Rome. I know it was in connection with an 24 operation in the Congo that was not an assassination operation! Follow 25 DocId: 32281945 Page 9 TOP SECRET HW 50955”
“… 2202027 Page 2 23-6-94 Au 450-4 TOP SECRET Page 5. of TERVIEW AND MEETING SUMMARY Harvey is not sure how much he knew of QJWIN's mission to the Congo for O'Donnell, although he thinks that he may well have signed some of the cables to Leopoldville, since Silver was in Staff Dand therefore …”
“ecall ever having been told by Dommellor anyone about viruses getting to the Congo. ZRRIFLE Staff d. To summarize at the outset, the following is the thrust of what Harvey would testify to regarding QJWIN/ZRRIFLE: Harvey r …”
“… ated to him that Silver had an asset who might be useful. (So pre- sumably Bissell knew about QJWIN, perhaps from O'Donnell's use of him in the Congo.) Silver, in any event, knew: (1) that Bissell was interested in setting up an executive action capability, and (2) that Bissell had spoken …”
“… t of an assassination capability and perhaps even a plan to use one agent, Jose Marie Andre Mankel) (QJWIN), in an assassination attempt in the Congo. I refer specifically to documents summarized, in Tab C, at paragraph 11, page 4; para- graph 24, page 7; paragraph 2, page 8; paragraph 1, …”
“… mumba, and a Messenger Was Sent to Congo With a Highly Sensitive As signment a 15 (b) Gottlieb Delivered Lethal Substance to Hedgman in the Congo for the Assassi nation of Lumumba: September 1960 ■ 18 (c) Hedgman Testified That Gottlieb Told vees Him That President Eisenhower Had …”
“… l Whether the Assassination Operation Had Moved from Planning to Implementation But it Was Not Against Agency Policy to Send Poisons to the Congo - 43 5. The Question of a Connection Between the Assassination Plot and Other Actions of CIA Officers and Operatives in the Congo ...... …”
“Arrived in the Congo and Learned That a Virus Was in the Station Safe a 60 (v) (o‘Donnell Planned to "Neutralize" Lumumba by Turning Him Over to Congolese …”
“… a case which reflect general issues that run throughout the Committee’s assassination inquiry. First, did CIA officers and operatives in the Congo take steps to attempt the assassination of Lumumba? Second, how high in the United States government was the source of authorization for …”
“-3- Stanleyville, and he was imprisoned. The central government of the Congo transferred Lumumba on January 17, 1961 to the custody of authorities in the province of Katanga, which was asserting its own independenc …”
“about Lumumba’s political strength in the Congo was growing among the foreign policy-makers of the Eisenhower Administration. ** This concern was nurtured * Report of the Commission o …”
“… S REMOVE HIM FROM SCENE SOONEST. (CIA Cable, (IN 13374,) Leopoldville to Director, 9/15/60.)/ On September 17, another CIA operative in the Congo met with a leading Congolese senator. At this meeting, the senator requested a clandestine supply of small arms to equip some Congolese …”
“… Gottlieb, he was informed that President Eisenhower had ordered the assassination mission against Patrice Lumumba. Gottlieb's mission to the Congo was both preceded and followed by general cables urging the "elimination" of Lumumba sent from CIA headquarters in an extraordinarily re …”
“… a cryptic cable to Leopoldville to arrange a clandestine meeting between the Chief of^Station and "Sidney Braun,” who was traveling to the Congo on an unspecified assignment: ["SIp"] SHOULD ARRIVE APPROX 27 SEPT. WILL ANNOUNCE HIMSELF AS SID FROM PARIS”. . . IT URGENT YOU SHOULD S …”
“* Due to fear of reprisal from Lumumba’s followers, the Chief of Station for the Congo from mid-summer 1960 through 1961 testi fied under the alias ‘‘Hedgman" (Hedgman, 8/21/75, p. 2; 8/25/75, p. 4). NW 50955 DocId:3220248 …”
“… tation contacts, he indicated that the Chief of station and his ’’colleague” presumably the man identified as "Sid" who was to arrive in the Congo shortly to explain the PROP operation to Hedgman were to be afforded considerable latitude in exercising their judgment on the conduct o …”
“… RD BOTH YOUR PROFESSIONAL ' JUDGMENTS. (CIA Cable, 9/22/60.) * This is probably a reference to agent QJWIN, who was later dispatched to the Congo. His mission is discussed in Sections , and infra. HW 50955 DocId:32202487 Page 19”
“… ar view three days before in the presence of the President at an NSC meeting, stating: ,Mobutu appeared to be the effective power in\ / the Congo for the moment but Lumumba was not } 1 yet disposed of and remained a grave danger / 1 as long as he was not disposed of. (NSC / Minutes …”
“… /75, pp. 20-21). Hedgman indicated that this paraphernalia was for administering the poisons to Lumumba: Q: [W]hen he Gottlieb]/ came to the Congo to give you lethal biological agents for the assassination of Lumumba, was it clear at that time that the means for administering those …”
“… DERATE HASTE" (CIA Cable OUT 75900,) Fields to Leopoldville, 9/30/60.) According to the report of the (Chief of Station, Gottlieb) left the Congo to return to headquarters on October 5 in view of the "EXPIRATION DATE HIS MATERIALS" (CIA Cable IN 24171, Leopold- ville to Tweedy, 10/7 …”
“… assination mission was to move forward. He went on to request Hedgman’s reaction to the prospect of sending a senior CIA case officer to the Congo on a "DIRECTED ASSIGNMENT ... TO CONCENTRATE ENTIRELY Tweedy to Chief of) Station, THIS ASPECT" (CIA Cable OUT 81396, 10/15/60). This re …”
“… ) Station, 10/15/60.)/ . — / * For a full account of the meeting between Bissell and O’Donnell and O’Donnell’s subsequent activities in the Congo, see Section 5(a), infra. NW 50955 DocId:32202487 Page 30”
“-31- This series of cables sent during, and after (Gottlieb’s visit to the Congo demonstrated a clear intent at CIA headquarters to authorize and support rapid progress on the assassi- nation mission. The cables also …”
“-36- The cable traffic conforms to Hedgman’s recollection. For two months after Gottlieb’s arrival in the Congo, a regular stream of messages flowed between the Leopoldville Chief of Station and headquarters through the PROP channel. In late Septem …”
“… SEASON. (CIA Cable IN 28936, 10/17/60.) L / The first sentence of Hedgman's recommendation clearly refers to sending a sniper rifle to the Congo via diplomatic pouch. The /rest of the message is probably an oblique reference to the possibility of shooting Lumumba at the ‘’OPENING O …”
“Stanleyville on November 27; Lumumba was virtually a prisoner in UN custody, but inaccessible to CIA agents and the Congolese: TARGET HAS NOT LEFT BUILDING IN SEVERAL WEEKS. HOUSE GUARDED DAY AND NIGHT BY CONGOLESE AND UN TROOP.... CONGOLESE TROOPS ARE THERE TO PREVENT TAR”
“… ved instructions to destroy those cables (Hedgman, 8/21/75, p. 96). Hedgman said he had never before in his tenure as Chief of Station in the Congo destroyed cable traffic because of its sensitivity (Hedgman, 8/21/75, p. 91). But he stated that the cables relating to assassination”
“-40 - that eventually I destroyed a great deal of traffic, because the Congo was a highly sensitive area in which - - at one period I recall we had all of our files in the burn barrels. I mean, when you wanted a f …”
“… e weight of the evidence demonstrates that the assassination effort was the '’highest priority” at CIA head- quarters among operations in the Congo, Bissell has no direct recollection of Gottlieb’s mission to the Congo and Tweedy can recall nothing more than consideration of the feas …”
“-42- Station, 9/19/60) and the cable of October 7 indicating that he had debriefed Gottlieb upon his return from the Congo (CIA Cable OUT 78336), Tweedy to Chief of) Station, 10/7/60). Tweedy was also the "Eyes Only" recipient of Hedgman’s reports on (Gottlie …”
“■ -43- When asked his opinion about the truth of the testimony received by the Committee that poisons were delivered to the Congo by Gottlieb, who carried instructions that they were to be used in the assassination of Lumumba, Tweedy replied: There is nothing in my …”
“… (Tweedy, 9/9, pp. 23,27). Although Tweedy did not recall sending or receiving cables in a special channel concerning the "messenger" to the Congo or confirm- ation of his instructions, he acknowledged that the cables exploring access to Lumumba for the purpose of assassination would …”
“To Implementation But It Was Not Against Agency Policy to Send Poisons to The Congo Richard Bissell testified that he did not remember discussing the feasibility of assassinating Lumumba with Bronson Tweedy, but it seeme …”
“… nd such a cable without my signing off on it. (Bissell, 9/10, p. 8) Bissell believed that Tweedy would have known of (Cottlieb’s trip to the Congo, although it was possible that Tweedy was "cut”
“… , including assassination" (Bissell, 9/10, p. 60). Although he had no "specific recollection," Bissell assumed that, if Gottlieb went to the Congo, he had approved the mission, (which "might very well" have dealt with the assassination of Lumumba) (Bissell, 9/10, pp. 18, 20, 44). De …”
“Gottlieb carried poisons to the Congo (Bissell, 9/10, p. 35). Bissell testified that it would not have been against CIA policy in the fall of 1960 to send poisons to the Congo …”
“-51- He classified "the act of taking the kit to the Congo, . as still in the planning stage" (Bissell, 9/10, p. 49). Bissell acknowledged, however, that the dispatch of poisons and paraphernalia …”
“-52- 5. The Question of a Connection Between the Assassination Plot and Other Actions of CIA Officers and Operatives In the Congo Justin O’Donnell, a senior CIA officer in the clandestine operations division in 1960, testified that during this period he had been as …”
“-53- (a) O’Donnell’ s Operations in the Congo (i) Tweedy and the Chief of Station Agreed That a • Senior Case --------------------------------------------- Officer — —-------------- …”
“… 75, p. 7). O’Donnell) said that (Gottlieb "didn’t even hint that he had been in the Congo and that he had transported any lethal agent to the Congo" / ( ‘Donnell, 9/11/75, p. 7-A). After speaking with”