Congo, 1960–1968


123. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 12, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Priority. Received at 1921Z.


125. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 11, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret. The original is attached to a November 28 transmittal memorandum to Director of Central Intelligence John McCone and General Carter that reads: “The President on 7 November approved a State Department plan of action for the Congo. One part of the plan he approved urged the ‘training of an airborne gendarmerie unit.’ This is the Agency’s paper which would provide for such training. It will provide the nucleus for a Congolese force to be used in maintaining order in provincial areas and to serve as a cadre for unconventional warfare activities as required. It would involve training for 125 men. [name not declassified].”


127. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 81–00966R, Box 1, Folder 1. Secret; Eyes Only. There is no drafting information on the original.


128. Telegram From the Central Intelligence Agency to the Station in the Congo

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 12, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Priority. Drafted and authenticated by [name not declassified] and released by Tweedy (C/AF).


129. Memorandum From Alfred T. Wellborn of the Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, to the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hilsman)

Source: Department of State Files, INR/IL Historical Files, Congo, Sept. 1962–Dec. 1963. Secret. Sent through the Deputy Director for Coordination, Joseph W. Scott, in the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research.


130. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Department of State Files, INR/IL Historical Files, Congo, Sept. 1962–Dec. 1963. Top Secret. There is no drafting information on the original.


131. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 12, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Priority. Received at 1147Z.


132. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 12, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Priority. Received at 1532Z.


133. Memorandum From Alfred T. Wellborn of the Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, to the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hilsman)

Source: Department of State Files, INR/IL Historical Files, AF Meetings, 1963. Secret. Sent through the Deputy Director for Coordination, Joseph W. Scott, Bureau of Intelligence and Research.


134. Dispatch From the Station in Leopoldville to the Chief of the Africa Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency (Tweedy)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 2, Folder 1, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret.


135. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 2, Folder 1, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Routine. Received at 1953Z.


138. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 1, Folder 1, [cryptonym not declassified]—Development & Plans. Secret. The original is attached to a Project Action form from the CIA’s Congo desk to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Carter requesting [text not declassified] for the [text not declassified] project for FY 1963. On March 18, Executive Director Lyman Kirkpatrick signed for the Deputy Director as Approving Authority.


139. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 2, Folder 1, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]. No time of receipt appears on the message.


141. Memorandum From the Comptroller of the Central Intelligence Agency (Bross) to the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Carter)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 89–00639R, DO/AF Files, Box 1, Folder 18, Project Removals & Termination, Apr. 63–May 68, [folder name not declassified]. Secret.


142. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 81–00966R, Box 1, Folder 11. Secret; Eyes Only. There is no drafting information on the original.


143. Memorandum for the Record

Source: National Security Council, Intelligence Files, Special Group—Minutes—1963. Secret; Eyes Only.


145. Dispatch From the Chief of the Africa Division, Directorate of Plans, Central Intelligence Agency (Tweedy) to the Station in Leopoldville

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 2, Folder 2, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret. Drafted by [name not declassified].


146. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 78–00435R, DDO/ISS Files, Box 2, Folder 2, [cryptonym not declassified] Operations. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]; Priority. Received at 0810Z.


147. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency

[Source: National Security Files, Special Group Minutes—1963. Secret; Eyes Only. 1 page not declassified.]


149. Dispatch From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, Job 82–00450R, DDO/AF–AF/DIV Historical Files, Box 6, Folder 6, Leopoldville, 3 Feb 54–Dec 65, [cryptonym not declassified]. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified].


150. Telegram From the Station in the Congo to the Central Intelligence Agency

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Files, [text not declassified], Mobutu, Joseph Desire, Vol. II. Secret; Rybat; [cryptonym not declassified]. No time of receipt appears on the message.