Stuart Reid, Exec Editor Foreign Affairs, on The Lumumba Plot - The CIA and a Cold War Assassination

Interview of Monday, 2 Oct 2023 between Stuart A. Reid, Executive Editor of Foreign Affairs, prolific author/writer; and AFIO President James Hughes, a former senior CIA Operations Officer. They discuss Stuart's new book "The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination."
The interview runs 30 minutes and includes several Q&As.
Key Moments:
00:41 - Intro of author Stuart Reid
01:22 - What were some of your principal information sources?
02:06 - How did Patrice Lumumba establish himself as a Congolese évolué and rise to prominence?
04:04 - What's the history of the relationship between Lumumba and Mobutu?
06:25 - Why was Lumumba's first visit to the U.S. so unsuccessful?
10:02 - What was President Eisenhower's attitude towards Lumumba and how did that affect U.S. policy?
11:57 - Who was Ralph Bunche and what role did he play in the Congo?
14:07 - Who is Larry Devlin and how did he become involved?
18:01 - What was the Benza Group and what role did it play?
19:50 - Explain Katanga's secession and its impact on the stability of the Congo
21:52 - Describe Lumumba's arrest and incarceration, flight, re-arrest, torture and death.
25:55 - Discuss Dag Hammarskjöld's fourth and final trip to the Congo to resolve the Katanga issue.
BIOS: STUART A. REID is an executive editor of Foreign Affairs. He has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg Businessweek, Politico Magazine, Slate, and other publications. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.
www.stuartareid.com
Twitter: @stuartareid
JAMES R. HUGHES currently serves as the 17th President of AFIO. His service began January 2015. He had a career of US Government service spanning 37 years in numerous foreign countries with a particular focus in the Middle East. He started in U.S. Military Intelligence in the late 1960s and then joined the CIA’s Clandestine Service. He served overseas as a Chief of Station several times, and at CIA Headquarters in a number of senior management positions, including as Chief of the Near East and South Asia Division, in the Directorate of Operations [today’s National Clandestine Service]. He was also named the Associate Deputy Director of Operations (ADDO) at the National Security Agency, 1998-99. Following his retirement from the government in 2005, he joined EDS in Herndon, VA, as the Client Industry Executive for the U.S. Intelligence Community. After the HP acquisition of EDS, he continued to serve in a similar capacity until his retirement in 2012. His parents were missionaries in Turkey in the 1950s, where Jim spent his formative years. He is fluent in Arabic.
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[@donalddenton8135]

I recall this chaos and the airlift evacuation of American civilian personnel. This included a missionary family that my home church was supporting. I was 12 years old at the time and it made a profound impression on me. I appreciate the work of Mr. Reid as well as the AFIO series of interviews. Keep up this very important service to the wider public.

[@mahdi5796]

Thanks. Can you please make episodes about Iran revolution and CIA?