Mobutu and the Congo
Central Intelligence Agency · 1967
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Description
Mobutu and the Congo share the title of a CIA paper dated May 1967. Joseph Mobutu had seized power in the vast central African state two years earlier, ending years of chaos after independence. Washington backed him as a barrier against communist influence.
The paper weighs Mobutu's grip, his rivals, and the price of his friendship. Congo's size and minerals made its politics a Cold War concern far beyond Africa. Analysts had to judge a strongman whose rule would last three decades. The file captures that judgment early, when Mobutu's long reign was still new and untested.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Central Intelligence Agency |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1967 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19812 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive — CIA Reading Room mirror |
Source: https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-0000009291