78. Editorial Note
An undated and unsigned memorandum entitled the “Death of Patrice Lumumba” was sent to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles under cover of a note dated March 7, 1961, which reads: “You were asking that the Division get together in a memorandum our best estimate of the actual facts and circumstances surrounding the death of Patrice Lumumba. This memorandum is attached and I am not sure whether you intended to send it to the President or not. FMC” A stamped notation on the original indicates that Dulles saw it on March 8, but it bears no indication that it was sent to the President. (Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 86B00975R, DCI/OCA Registry, Box 2, Folder 18, Review Staff Files, Assassinations, Vol. I) The memorandum is printed as Document 44 in Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume XX, Congo Crisis, pages 93–94.