CIA vs KGB: How One Assassination Suppressed Africa

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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Stuart Reid is a journalist, author, and historian. Reid is currently an executive editor of Foreign Affairs.

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⬇️TIMESTAMPS⬇️
0:00 - The CIA & KGB in Congo, Patrice Lumumba, & Belgium Colonization Background
11:52 - Belgium’s corrupt government in Congo
19:16 - Lumumba’s rise to political power in Congo
25:13 - African independence movements across Congo
31:38 - How big CIA was in 1960s; Intel Agencies in Belgian Congo
38:10 - Lumumba’s popularity rise; Belgium gives up Congo; CIA & Intel take places
45:28 - Joseph Kasavubu’s backstory; Lumumba’s first cabinet
53:02 - Revolt against Belgian soldiers; UN Peacekeepers sent in
57:02 - The cessession of South Kasai & Katanga
1:04:42 - Lumumba & Kasavubu make peace; Mobutu comes into picture
1:10:22 - Lumumba calls Soviet Union (USSR); Allen Dulles & CIA ignore Lumumba
1:13:12 - Sydney Gottlieb & the CIA plans for Lumumba
1:23:42 - KGB Aid never makes it to Lumumba; Mobutu & CIA; Lumumba arrested
1:32:42 - Lumumba escapes house arrest; 2 European CIA Agents
1:39:32 - JFK & Lumumba
1:46:42 - KGB (Soviet) Involvement in Congo; Lumumba executed
1:55:38 - Congo Crisis (Civil War breaks out); Larry Devlin & CIA post Lumumba
2:02:31 - US Power Vacuum; What won Cold War
2:10:02 - Russian influence in Africa
2:12:06 - “The Lumumba Plot”

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 165 - Stuart Reid

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