Assasination of Patrice Lumumba. APG-02

- Few events in recent history have been the target of such a ferocious campaign of disinformation as the war waged by the Belgian establisment against the first Congolese government of Patrice Lumumba. Foreign intervention begain shortly after the Belgian colony gained its independence on 30th June 1960; first Belgian soldiers landed in the Congo, then the blue Berets. - Brussels and the other Western powers operating under cover of UN, were determined to overthrow Lumumba's nationalist government and intall a neocolonial regime, thereby putting the country at the mercy of the trusts and holding companies which had controlled it for decades. - The West soon obtained its first success. In September 1960, the Congolese government and parliament which supported Lumumba were swept aside by colnel Joseph -Desire Mobutu. The war against the Congolese nationalists came provisorily to a head when, on 17 January 1961, Lumumba and two closest associates were assasinated ..... - $24.95 shipping and handling