“On 27 July, Lumumba went to Washington, D.C., the United States capital. He met with the US Secretary of State and appealed for financial and technical assistance. The US government informed Lumumba that they would offer aid only through the UN.”
Belgium was mad their colony was going independent. He came here and to the UN first for aid. he then asked the Russians.
CIA had him assassinated. Disgusting un-American organization that created ten times the damage that it ever prevented. And it cemented the worldwide image of America as a backstabbing lying sneak rather then the WWII and John Wayne straightforward reputation we used to have.
CIA is trash.
Lumumba was a half literate communist stooge.