🤯 [VIDEO] - CIA vs KGB's 1960 Covert War for Congo | Stuart Reid • 165

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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 cessessions 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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