Someone in the household pointed me to my Kinshasa library where I fou
Larry Devlin, "Chief of Station, Congo" (Public Affairs, New York, 2007, p.95):
I'll never forget my reaction of total, fall-to-the-floor shock.
"Jesus H. Christ!" I exploded "Isn't this unusual?"
(...)
"Who authorized this operation?" I asked.
"President Eisenhower," Joe said. " I wasn't there when he approved it, but Dick Bissel said that Eisenhower wanted Lumumba removed."
(...)
He handed over several poisons. One was concealed in a tube of toothpaste. If Lumumba used it, he would appear to die from polio.
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