Project Wizard operation
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Patrice Lumumbaperson · 3Lawrence Devlinperson · 2Mobutu Sese Sekoperson · 25412 Committeeorganization · 2Sidney Gottliebperson · 1Congo Crisisevent · 1Bronson Tweedyperson · 1United Statescountry · 1Victor Marchettiperson · 1Joseph Kasavubuperson · 1
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looked toward its first big operation. Chief Bronson Tweedy, his wartime background in naval intelligence and later CIA service in Bern, Vienna, and London, stood ready to go. Bruns, in his time, had coordinated a few covert actions with th…
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in cable traffic as Joe from Paris or Joseph Braun. That was his pseudonym. Another in the sudden influx of agency officers, Gottlieb came bearing exotic poison and a plan to murder Lumumba, separate from and in addition to Project Wizard, …
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cultivated Mubato for weeks. On September 14th, Mubato launched a military coup declaring his intent to neutralize Kasavutu, Lumamba, and all of the politicians for the rest of the year. Two Project Wizard local assets featured in the struc…
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When the former CIA aide Victor Marchetti wrote in the early 1970s that in the Congo, the agency had bought and sold politicians, he was exactly correct. On September 6th, CIA headquarters cabled Devlin that it had a new plan for Project Wi…
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to include arms, supplies, and perhaps some training to anti-Lumumba resistant groups. In October 27th, the 5412 group authorized a quarter of a million dollars to fund the support for Mobato. A month later, the moguls of the secret war mad…