Larry Devlin, Congo CIA Chief of Station: in his own words

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.