U.S. - Congo Relations

United States Congorelations
backgroundcolonialisminAfrica originallynamedtheBelgianCongo
LeopoldI ofBelgiumestablishedandranapersonalcolony CongoFreestate 1885 1908for
financialgain thentheKingdomofBelgiumofficiallyruledtheCongoinabrutalregime190860
belgianruleintheCongo characterized
byforcedlaborphysicalbrutalityandtortureinserviceofextractinglucrative
naturalresources i.erubber
resistance independence thestruggleagainstcolonialismintensifiedafterWWTIaswellasthecoldwarperiod
CongoacheivedindependencewPatriceLumumbathenation'sprimeminister
seeLumumbaassignmentinDocs KEY ONS
TOTHINKABOUT
7howdidtheU.Sforeignpolicyestablishmentperceive
Lumumbaandwhywasitinvestedinhisoverthrowand
assasination
17howdidtheU.SperceptionofLumumbacomparetothe
visionofCongolesesovereigntythatheexpressedinthe
lettertohiswife
7TowhatextentwastheCIAinvolvedinLumumba's
captureanddeath
11Howpreciselydidtheagencycontributetoengineering
regimechangeintheCongoin1960
USintervention interestedinCongo'sresources uranium cobalt usedfornuclearweapons