Congo
Belgian Congo Belgian Congo was a Consolidation Territory in Africa allocated to the British Isles NSA during the Crusade. ... From 1957 until 1964 the Belgian Congo was part of the RSA of Central and East Africa. ... Politically, the Belgian Conga eventually split into Congo (Kinshasa, 1960); French Equatorial Africa; Central Africa (later renamed the Central African Republic), Chad, and Gabon. CONGO Soon after the Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960, the nationalist Patrice Lumumba was elected prime minister. With American copper mines in jeopardy, the CIA warned of a "communist takeover of the Congo with disastrous consequences for the interests of the free world. ... Joseph Scheider, a scientist working under Sidney Gottlieb in the CIAs Technical Services Division (TSD), was instructed to develop a bio-poison which would spread a deadly epidemic throughout the Congo. Gottlieb personally brought the deadly germs along with a special hypodermic syringe, gauze masks, and rubber gloves to the Congo. ... In January 1961, copper-rich Katanga under Moise Tshombe again attempted to secede from the rest of the Congo. ... Yet civil war continued to wage throughout much of the Congo. In 1962, Tshombe gained control of the Congo government, and the CIA moved in to prop up his regime. ... Not only was the agency sending in one million dollars per day, but it sent in 200 military personnel to train Congo soldiers while Congolese officers were being instructed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. ... " Under this plan, he expropriated farms, factories, and businesses belonging to foreigners: primarily Belgians who had remained in Zaire Congo since the colonial period. ... Popular support for Tshisekedi was so overwhelming that Mobutu left the capital, and he lived for the most part on his houseboat on the Congo River as well as in his palace in the northern town of Gbadolite.