reply to post by sovietman
Patrice Lumumba threatened to go to the USSR because He didn't get the aid He asked for from Washington DC. The CIA then organised a coup led by
General Joseph Mobutu(soon to be known as Mobutu Sese Seko). Patrice Lumumba was executed by the CIA along with some other Congo officials.
[edit on 18-1-2010 by MDSJR1967]