Cia mobutu zaire Bib ID: 1591171 Format: Book During President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger ’s meeting with President Mobutu, they discussed world issues and bilateral relations with Zaire, including minerals trading and PL–480 assistance. N. Novembre 1965. MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Created: 11/23/1981 OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible. Subject. and other Western powers. /zaire relations - president mobutu certainly realized the precipitous nature of his renunciation of u. The Berlin Wall had recently fallen, and the Cold War was winding down. ISBN 10: 1879383179 / ISBN 13: 9781879383173. Mobutu became army chief of staff following a coup against Patrice Lumumba, and after a second coup on November 25, 1965 assumed power as military dictator and president. Revolutionaries for the Right Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War. The United States was the third largest donor of aid to Zaire (after Belgium and France), and Mobutu befriended several U. Par ZM Mokemo Un rapport déclassifié de la CIA intitulée « Zaïre : prospects for the Mobutu Regime(s). Title: ZAIRE: PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S VISIT Subject: ZAIRE: PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S VISIT Keywords: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP85T00287R000402030001-4 Central Intelligence Agency cof America's tyrant : the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States discovered Mobutu, put him in power, protected him from his enemies, and helped him become one of the richest men in the world, and lived to regret it / Sean Kelly. President George H. WJM trri ,,. Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Zabanga (* 14. Joseph Mobutu seized power. August 1983. 72-85 Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) The World Factbook. Le dinosaure. Release Decision: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga [a] (/ m ə ˈ b uː t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM The CIA backed military chief of staff Mobutu to oust Prime Minister Lumumba, eventually leading to Mobutu forming an authoritarian regime in the Congo, which he renamed Zaire in 1971. The conflict began when the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC), a group of about 2,000 Katangan Congolese soldiers who were veterans of the Congo Crisis, the Archive - Journaliste au service Monde Par Colette Braeckman Publié le 7/09/2017 à 06:08 Temps de lecture: 6 min. Mobutu Sese Seko. Next document: POLAND: TROOPS RECALLED. aid and did not want to deepen the crisis at a time when warning: information report, not finally evaluated intelligence report classsecr e t--noforn dist: 16 may 1997 country: zaire/france/south africa subj: comments on senior zairian military and political officials' efforts to secure the departure of mobutu from zaire and ensure a peaceful entry of rebel forces into kinshasa doi: source: this report is classified secret us only in its entirety. any success achieved by our new tack with zaire would thus be due in part to the force of cir- e. Since 1960 Zaire had had close ties to the FNLA, whose ethnic base was among the Kongo of the area bordering Zaire. By political ideology and experience, the "left-nationalist" forces in Zaire and Angola were strongly oriented to independent action. 18-26. Recently uncovered hard Having held Zaire together for 31 years, Mobutu was chased from power in May after a seven-month rebellion led by a lifelong opponent, Laurent Desire Kabila. mrw,srssek NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY PUBLICATIONS The basic unit of the NIS is the General Survey, which is now published in a bound -by- chapter America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of the Richest Men in the World, and Lived to Regret it. Braeckman, Colette (1992). ZAIRE: MOBUTU AND THE MILITARY. Key Judgements » datant de novembre 1986 montre à quel point Washington était prêt à tout pour contrer le communisme en Afrique Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) The World Factbook. Over the years, many in Congress and some dissidents in the State Department did urge the U. His regime was been characterized as repressive, and his critics described him in terms of his drive for Americas Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : How the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of. Comment. Then he met George Bush, just before Bush became the head of the CIA and agreed to make Zaire the headquarters for all CIA operations in central Africa. Organized Threats to Mobutu. As of July 2018, the CIA World Factbook lists the Congo containing over 85 million inhabitants representing over 200 African ethnic groups. Some Congolese ethnographers have wondered why Mobutu chose a Portuguese colonial name instead of an authentic Congolese name. Thierry Michel & — 136' — 1999. The prospect of imminent independence for Angola represented both a threat and an opportunity from Mobutu's perspective. New / Hardcover. and other Western powers encouraged Mobutu and others to contrive Lumumba’s death. From here, American supply planes dropped arms and supplies to Joseph Savimbi’s FNLA, further prolonging Angola’s already decade-long civil war. CIA- RDPOl- 00707R000200110001 -2 Mobutu gingerly works toward diminishing the strong role of tile military without antagonizing its leaders to s ich a degree that they revolt. actions, mostly carried out by the CIA. Kelly describes the CIA's military and financial backing that enabled Mobutu to invade neighbouring Angola, assassinate his enemies, and become one of the richest men in the world. Spy Kids Joseph-Désiré Mobutu autodenominado Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (Lisala, Congo Belga, 14 de octubre de 1930-Rabat, Marruecos, 7 de septiembre de 1997) fue un militar y político congoleño que fue el primer y último presidente de la República del Zaire desde 1971 hasta su derrocamiento en 1997. s. Previous document: YOKA MANGONO - ZAIRE. , 1993), pp. o. The Origins of Mobutu Joseph Desire Mobutu was born in the Equator Province in 1930. THE RISE OF MOBUTU TO POLITICAL POWER I. For over 30 years, Mobutu Sese Seko has ruled His books include "Access Denied: the Politics of Press Censorship', and "America's Tyrant: the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire". Mobutu doit à la CIA et aux services secrets belges son ascension jusqu'à l'accession à la magistrature suprême. Mobutu Sese Seko bei seinem Besuch im Pentagon, 5. CIA agent? Mobutu, she charged, is a CIA agent who continues to be propped up by the intelligence agency. American University Press, 1993 - Biography & Autobiography - Dès l’été 1960, ayant décidé d’éliminer Patrice Lumumba, la CIA avait jeté son dévolu sur Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. 70. Now, the Mobutu regime is on the verge of falling. Follow. Oktober 1930 in Lisala, Provinz Mongala, Belgisch-Kongo als Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; † 7. Known now as "Mobutu Sese Seko," he continues to run the country, now known as Zaire. Congo is me! He was considered a much The 'US Embassy reports a the election, or1gina y scheduled for ovember, was moved forward to July by Mobutu in an effort to shorten the time available for opposition m$ erh3 n. 1930–1997. Bush. Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM He sent CIA Director William Casey to persuade Mobutu to grant the Agency use of a runway outside Kamina; Mobutu readily agreed, despite his country’s non-aggression pact with Angola. Postkoloniale Selbstbestimmung und ‚traditionelle Afrikanität‘ als nationalistische Kulturpolitik in Zaïre“, in: Dialogische Erziehung 3-4, S. Mobutu n’était pas présent à la table des négociations, mais jouait en coulisses. Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1027, Presidential/HAK Memcons, April-November 1973. ISBN 9781469640747. Documents Homepage > CIA Documents > Documents released in period: 12/28/1981-9/22/1981. Wary of Lumumba’s populism and willingness to accept Soviet aid, the U. /ZAIRE RELATIONS Subject: REVIEW OF U. Mobutu was hooked and absorbed huge quantities of CIA money in return for his services. L 'un des secrets de la réussite de Mobutu, c'est que ses adversaires l'ont toujours sous-estimé, tandis que ses amis étrangers croyaient le contrôler alors même qu'ils étaient manipulés par lui. Born to a modest family, Joseph-Desiré Mobutu prospered in the Force Publique, the army of the Belgian Congo. 4 %âãÏÓ 1 0 obj >/Type/XObject/ColorSpace/DeviceGray/Subtype/Image/BitsPerComponent 1/Width 2544/Length 178743/Height 3300/Filter/CCITTFaxDecode>>stream Recruited by the CIA in the late 1950s when his country was still a Belgian colony, Mobutu helped overthrow Patrice Lumumba, the Congo’s first and only democratically elected prime minister. Frank Hall, U. French is the country's official language, and Catholics comprise the largest religious group at fifty percent. Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-00707R000200110002-1. Kelly, Sean. That is why farms, ranches, plantations, concessions, commerce, and real estate agencies will be En novembre 1965, avec l'aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d'état militaire et prend le pouvoir dans l'ex Congo belge. and Western financial and military help. taxpayer money channeled through the CIA and other agencies--siphoned off, economic assets such as with Mobutu's rule in Zaire. Bobineau, Julien (2018). 1 He attended primary school and undertook some secondary-level studies, but before completing them he enlisted in La Force publique (the colonial army) and was discharged several years later Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Two years later he was given the US Legion of Merit by President Kennedy. C’est Ultime "roi africain", Joseph Désiré Mobutu fut un des plus anciens et des plus tenaces dictateurs issus de la guerre froide et de la décolonisation. Sean Kelly, America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire, p. Threat of Spontaneous The Congo, short for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an equatorial country located in central Africa. %PDF-1. 3. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP90-00552R000403870004-7 STAT NEW BEDFORD STANDARD TIMES (MA. Keywords. The United States was the third largest donor of aid to Zaire (after Belgium and France), and Mobutu befriended several US presidents, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. The authenticity campaign was an effort to rid the country of the lingering vestiges of colonialism and the continuing It found the 30-year-old army chief Joseph-Desire Mobutu, whose associates arrested and killed Lumumba without CIA assistance later the same year. Offers an account of the 30-year relationship between the US and Mobutu of Zaire. woe lersg4lCdkwrGasrs . africa intelligence-studies. 620 reviews 35 followers. Secfer NIE 65-86/11 November 1986 Copy 506 25X1 STAT Declassified Title: REVIEW OF U. Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History. Title. C. Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM The Zairian economy-the main source of Mobutu's difficulties-will remain in deep trouble for the foreseeable future. ISBN 0-312-21787-0 • Burke, Kyle (2018). Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire. Revolutionary Worker #903, April 20, 1997. Ibid. Zaire now boasts one of lit(- most sophisticated air forces in central Africa. Mobutu played a crucial, Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/09/13: CIA-RDP90T00155R001200100001-9 Director of Central Intelligence MASTER FILE COPY CO?NCT GIVE?GUT Oa MARK ON Zaire: Prospects for the Mobutu Regime National Intelligence Estimate Volume II?Annexes ,. Bush in Washington, D. quences of these CIA operations for American interests. The prospects for stability in Zaire are dim-with or without Mobutu. 57, The Politics of Reconstruction: South Africa, Mozambique & the Horn (Jul. The Bakongo people called the mouth of the Congo River ‘Nzadi’. 5 In general, I conclude that CIA and U. Avec l’aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d’état militaire et prend le pouvoir The 'US Embassy reports a the election, or1gina y scheduled for ovember, was moved forward to July by Mobutu in an effort to shorten the time available for opposition m$ erh3 n. Like. We are seeking our own authenticity, and we will find it because we wish, in the innermost fibers of our being to discover it. En réalité, Mobutu, le rusé, le pragmatique, est un Mobutu, who with the help of the CIA staged a coup in 1965 without firing a shot, dissolved the First Republic, overthrew Kasavubu and proclaimed himself President, offered them all. Mobutu has made some significant economic reforms, but corruption, inflation, and a huge budgetary deficit remain serious problems. W. Steve Askin, Carole Collins, External Collusion with Kleptocracy: Can Zaïre Recapture Its Stolen Wealth?, Review of African Political Economy, No. 2 likes. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Director of Central Intelligence Mobutu Regime Zaire: Proospects for the National Intelligence Estimate Volume I-Key Judgments and Discussion ' fret NIE 65-86 November 1986 Copy 5 0 6 ~_ , Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Director of Central Intelligence Mobutu Regime Zaire: Proospects for the National Intelligence Estimate Volume I-Key Judgments and Discussion ' fret NIE 65-86 November 1986 Copy 5 0 6 ~_ , Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A title: zaire: incoherence and decay in an autocracy : subject: zaire: incoherence and decay in an autocracy : keywords Title: ZAIRE: THE MILITARY UNDER MOBUTU Keywords: MILITARY, ZAIRE Created Date: 8/31/2010 2:27:55 AM zaire: challenges ahead for mobutu subject: zaire: challenges ahead for mobutu keywords Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga1, couramment abrégé en Mobutu Sese Seko, né Joseph-Désiré Mobutu le 14 octobre 1930 à Lisalaest un homme d'État, mi Title: ZAIRE: IS IT REFORMABLE? Subject: ZAIRE: IS IT REFORMABLE? Keywords Although Zaire may Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/10: CIA-RDP84SO0897R000200040009-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011 from Bas- Zaire Mobutu loyalist; studied in USSR; for- mer Foreign Minister; Minister of In- formation and Public Works; former Governor of Kinshasa Only major military Title: ANGOLA-ZAIRE: AN UNEASY PEACE Subject: ANGOLA-ZAIRE: AN UNEASY PEACE Keywords SECRET 6DA /GS /CP Zaire April 1973 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SECRET APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200110007 -6 rw _ 'JL x-1AL. For the most part, Zaire enjoyed warm relations with the United States. La CIA pagó a los soldados de Mobutu para que fueran leales. President. Turmoil followed her father's death, and in 1965 Col. Mobutu, roi du Zaire. . P-1,4 wn Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 We Katanga Province, renamed by Mobutu in 1972 as Shaba Province because of its copper wealth. P-1,4 wn Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 We Then in his 70s, Devlin had long since retired from the agency after famously serving in Congo, where he befriended Colonel Joseph Desiré Mobutu, later known as the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Demande d Ultime « Roi Africain », Joseph Désiré Mobutu fut l’un des plus anciens et des plus tenaces dictateurs issus de la guerre froide et de la décolonisation. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix fondée quences of these CIA operations for American interests. /ZAIRE RELATIONS Keywords Mobutu once bragged in an interview on CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes” that he was one of the world’s richest men--this as Zaire’s infrastructure crumbled. 69. , 1989. The CIA had been funding the FNLA and Holden Roberto since 1962, according to five different Administration sources. Department of Defense. But his tenacity and Zaire: The Rise and Fall of Mobutu CIA's Strongman in Central Africa on the Way Out. To other govern- ment sources report that Roberto's brother-in-law, Presi- dent Mobutu of Zaire, started receiving secret CIA funds and other aid soon after Zaire gained its independence in June, 1960. Sean Kelly. S. government to push for economic and political reforms in the country that Mobutu had renamed Zaire in 1971. Western. Summary: Offers an account of the 30-year relationship between the US and Mobutu of Zaire. title: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime subject: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime keywords On April 24, 1990, Mobutu declared an end to single-party rule and the beginning of a transition to democracy. n. The Congo was colonized by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1885, and known as Belgian Congo until it gained independence. support for Mobutu, drawing on interview material and unpublished America's tyrant : the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States discovered Mobutu, put him in power, protected him from his enemies, and helped him become one of the richest men Don’t Give Mobutu a Safety Net : Zaire: The dictator owes his power--and bank account--to U. ) I March 1980 Cpl caused Zaire !~ader's death, daughter claims STAT By David H. February 3, 2013. This lively book by a retired Voice of America journalist recounts the shameful 30-year saga of U. Shaba I was a conflict in Zaire's Shaba (Katanga) Province lasting from 8 March to 26 May 1977. Le Zaire de Mobutu, Paris: Fayard. He and his wife Helen Picard divide the year between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Cape Town, South Africa. Avec l'aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d'État militaire et prend le pouvoir dans l'ex-Congo belge. page 389 note 1 The name ‘Zaire’ was a corruption or a misnomer by the Portuguese Diego Cao who explored that area in 1482. (Al final del largo reinado de Mobutu, Incluso si se hubiera producido un golpe anti-Mobutu, “Zaire probablemente seguiría orientado hacia Occidente y continuaría dependiendo de Occidente o de la asistencia y los mercados para sus exportaciones de minerales”. B According to the US Embassy, Mobutu now believes that Zaire's continued sacrifice in 1985 obliges creditor nations to grant better terms in 1986, and he is likely to present a forceful case Mobutu will press hard for increased US economic and military assistance during his forthcoming visit, justifying his requests on several grounds-faithful compliance with International Monetary • Ayittey, George B. See more on the author's page. Ha sido descrito como el arquetipo del dictador Authenticité, [note 1] sometimes Zairisation or Zairianisation in English, was an official state ideology of the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko that originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in what was first the Democratic Republic of Congo, later renamed Zaire. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Request Order a copy. 194 Zaire is the country that has been the most heavily exploited in the world. Spy Kids Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012200010044-3 The President's Daily Brief August 20, 1974 5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012200010044-3 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA CIA Released Documents. The result is a country reeling from INSHASA, Zaire -- In more than three decades at the center of his country's political stage, Mobutu Sese Seko was nothing if not an extraordinary survivor. In 1975, Mobutu again consolidated his links with Washington by cooperating with the CIA in the launching of an assault on the Angolan capital, Luanda. presidents, including John F. September 1997 in Rabat, Marokko) war von 1965 bis 1997 diktatorisch regierender Präsident der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (von 1971 bis 1997 Zaire). Mobutu Sese Seko ruled Zaire, the former Belgian Congo that he renamed in 1971, from 1965 when he assumed power with a military coup and established the Second Republic to just months before his death in 1997. „Joseph-Désiré Mobutu und die Ideologie der authenticité. 12356: decl: oadr tags: prel, econ, eaid, mass, shum, cg subject: review of u. Matt. 'The US stepped in at independence because the place was a plum Nearly all details of the CIA operations in Zaire, including support for Mobutu and subversion of the Congo’s first prime minister, were withheld from the American public, since it was highly He renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko, renamed the country Zaire, and ruled as a kleptocratic dictator for 32 years The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A During Mobutu’s years in power, Zaire’s treasury was plundered, foreign aid--including U. Palgrave Macmillan. Seller: En janvier 1960, les ténors congolais, dont Patrice Lumumba, sont à Bruxelles pour négocier l’indépendance, qui est fixée au 30 juin 1960. As Mobutu’s government lurched from crisis to crisis, it continued to enjoy U. friendly toward the United cooperative with Western officials. . policymakers' fears of massive, long-term foreign Communist influence were misplaced. Cet ancien sergent comptable devenu journaliste, alors âgé de 30 ans title: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime subject: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime keywords President Mobutu of Zaire. Zaire has no navy. Published by Amer Univ Pr, 1993. Stephen Weissman, ‘CIA Covert Action in Zaire and Angola: Patterns and Consequences, Political Science Quarterly, 94/2 (1979), 263–82; Ludo De Witte, ‘Zaire: A Look at a Post-Mobutu Regime’, September 1983, NARA Central Intelligence Agency. Nicely researched account of the United States Government's support of Mobutu, the former president/dictator of Zaire. Kogut STANDARD-TIMES STAFF WRITER The United States is propping up a corrupt despot in Zaire, and "the same thing will happen in Zaire as in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1993 Observers search for a suitable analogy -- the next Bosnia, another Somalia -- to the shaky, predatory despotism of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa za Banga Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Title: AFRICA REVIEW Subject: AFRICA REVIEW Keywords Williams' White Malice: The cia and the Covert Recolonization of Africa is a crusading examination of what the cia did in Africa in the 1960s, and it suggests that the cia, working closely with Congo army chief Joseph Mobutu and coordinating with secessionist leaders in Katanga, was responsible for Patrice Lumumba's assassination. For over 30 years, Mobutu Sese Seko has ruled over Zaire with an iron hand--and with backing from the U. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix Zaire: The Rise and Fall of Mobutu CIA's Strongman in Central Africa on the Way Out. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix fondée The Angola crisis, set off by the Portuguese coup of 1974, was a turning point in Zairian foreign policy. Mobutu Sese Seko and U. mtmuflxjrqhafiobilgqnxjhswtdwzobyzidjzoywsfocmjybsyoakocwtspdaekyegwpnfpfo
Cia mobutu zaire Bib ID: 1591171 Format: Book During President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger ’s meeting with President Mobutu, they discussed world issues and bilateral relations with Zaire, including minerals trading and PL–480 assistance. N. Novembre 1965. MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Created: 11/23/1981 OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible. Subject. and other Western powers. /zaire relations - president mobutu certainly realized the precipitous nature of his renunciation of u. The Berlin Wall had recently fallen, and the Cold War was winding down. ISBN 10: 1879383179 / ISBN 13: 9781879383173. Mobutu became army chief of staff following a coup against Patrice Lumumba, and after a second coup on November 25, 1965 assumed power as military dictator and president. Revolutionaries for the Right Anticommunist Internationalism and Paramilitary Warfare in the Cold War. The United States was the third largest donor of aid to Zaire (after Belgium and France), and Mobutu befriended several U. Par ZM Mokemo Un rapport déclassifié de la CIA intitulée « Zaïre : prospects for the Mobutu Regime(s). Title: ZAIRE: PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S VISIT Subject: ZAIRE: PRESIDENT MOBUTU'S VISIT Keywords: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/03/15: CIA-RDP85T00287R000402030001-4 Central Intelligence Agency cof America's tyrant : the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States discovered Mobutu, put him in power, protected him from his enemies, and helped him become one of the richest men in the world, and lived to regret it / Sean Kelly. President George H. WJM trri ,,. Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Zabanga (* 14. Joseph Mobutu seized power. August 1983. 72-85 Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) The World Factbook. Le dinosaure. Release Decision: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga [a] (/ m ə ˈ b uː t uː ˈ s ɛ s eɪ ˈ s ɛ k oʊ / ⓘ mə-BOO-too SESS-ay SEK-oh; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM The CIA backed military chief of staff Mobutu to oust Prime Minister Lumumba, eventually leading to Mobutu forming an authoritarian regime in the Congo, which he renamed Zaire in 1971. The conflict began when the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC), a group of about 2,000 Katangan Congolese soldiers who were veterans of the Congo Crisis, the Archive - Journaliste au service Monde Par Colette Braeckman Publié le 7/09/2017 à 06:08 Temps de lecture: 6 min. Mobutu Sese Seko. Next document: POLAND: TROOPS RECALLED. aid and did not want to deepen the crisis at a time when warning: information report, not finally evaluated intelligence report classsecr e t--noforn dist: 16 may 1997 country: zaire/france/south africa subj: comments on senior zairian military and political officials' efforts to secure the departure of mobutu from zaire and ensure a peaceful entry of rebel forces into kinshasa doi: source: this report is classified secret us only in its entirety. any success achieved by our new tack with zaire would thus be due in part to the force of cir- e. Since 1960 Zaire had had close ties to the FNLA, whose ethnic base was among the Kongo of the area bordering Zaire. By political ideology and experience, the "left-nationalist" forces in Zaire and Angola were strongly oriented to independent action. 18-26. Recently uncovered hard Having held Zaire together for 31 years, Mobutu was chased from power in May after a seven-month rebellion led by a lifelong opponent, Laurent Desire Kabila. mrw,srssek NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY PUBLICATIONS The basic unit of the NIS is the General Survey, which is now published in a bound -by- chapter America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of the Richest Men in the World, and Lived to Regret it. Braeckman, Colette (1992). ZAIRE: MOBUTU AND THE MILITARY. Key Judgements » datant de novembre 1986 montre à quel point Washington était prêt à tout pour contrer le communisme en Afrique Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI) The World Factbook. Over the years, many in Congress and some dissidents in the State Department did urge the U. His regime was been characterized as repressive, and his critics described him in terms of his drive for Americas Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : How the United States Put Mobutu in Power, Protected Him from His Enemies, Helped Him Become One of. Comment. Then he met George Bush, just before Bush became the head of the CIA and agreed to make Zaire the headquarters for all CIA operations in central Africa. Organized Threats to Mobutu. As of July 2018, the CIA World Factbook lists the Congo containing over 85 million inhabitants representing over 200 African ethnic groups. Some Congolese ethnographers have wondered why Mobutu chose a Portuguese colonial name instead of an authentic Congolese name. Thierry Michel & — 136' — 1999. The prospect of imminent independence for Angola represented both a threat and an opportunity from Mobutu's perspective. New / Hardcover. and other Western powers encouraged Mobutu and others to contrive Lumumba’s death. From here, American supply planes dropped arms and supplies to Joseph Savimbi’s FNLA, further prolonging Angola’s already decade-long civil war. CIA- RDPOl- 00707R000200110001 -2 Mobutu gingerly works toward diminishing the strong role of tile military without antagonizing its leaders to s ich a degree that they revolt. actions, mostly carried out by the CIA. Kelly describes the CIA's military and financial backing that enabled Mobutu to invade neighbouring Angola, assassinate his enemies, and become one of the richest men in the world. Spy Kids Joseph-Désiré Mobutu autodenominado Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga (Lisala, Congo Belga, 14 de octubre de 1930-Rabat, Marruecos, 7 de septiembre de 1997) fue un militar y político congoleño que fue el primer y último presidente de la República del Zaire desde 1971 hasta su derrocamiento en 1997. s. Previous document: YOKA MANGONO - ZAIRE. , 1993), pp. o. The Origins of Mobutu Joseph Desire Mobutu was born in the Equator Province in 1930. THE RISE OF MOBUTU TO POLITICAL POWER I. For over 30 years, Mobutu Sese Seko has ruled His books include "Access Denied: the Politics of Press Censorship', and "America's Tyrant: the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire". Mobutu doit à la CIA et aux services secrets belges son ascension jusqu'à l'accession à la magistrature suprême. Mobutu Sese Seko bei seinem Besuch im Pentagon, 5. CIA agent? Mobutu, she charged, is a CIA agent who continues to be propped up by the intelligence agency. American University Press, 1993 - Biography & Autobiography - Dès l’été 1960, ayant décidé d’éliminer Patrice Lumumba, la CIA avait jeté son dévolu sur Joseph-Désiré Mobutu. 70. Now, the Mobutu regime is on the verge of falling. Follow. Oktober 1930 in Lisala, Provinz Mongala, Belgisch-Kongo als Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; † 7. Known now as "Mobutu Sese Seko," he continues to run the country, now known as Zaire. Congo is me! He was considered a much The 'US Embassy reports a the election, or1gina y scheduled for ovember, was moved forward to July by Mobutu in an effort to shorten the time available for opposition m$ erh3 n. 1930–1997. Bush. Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM He sent CIA Director William Casey to persuade Mobutu to grant the Agency use of a runway outside Kamina; Mobutu readily agreed, despite his country’s non-aggression pact with Angola. Postkoloniale Selbstbestimmung und ‚traditionelle Afrikanität‘ als nationalistische Kulturpolitik in Zaïre“, in: Dialogische Erziehung 3-4, S. Mobutu n’était pas présent à la table des négociations, mais jouait en coulisses. Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 1027, Presidential/HAK Memcons, April-November 1973. ISBN 9781469640747. Documents Homepage > CIA Documents > Documents released in period: 12/28/1981-9/22/1981. Wary of Lumumba’s populism and willingness to accept Soviet aid, the U. /ZAIRE RELATIONS Subject: REVIEW OF U. Mobutu was hooked and absorbed huge quantities of CIA money in return for his services. L 'un des secrets de la réussite de Mobutu, c'est que ses adversaires l'ont toujours sous-estimé, tandis que ses amis étrangers croyaient le contrôler alors même qu'ils étaient manipulés par lui. Born to a modest family, Joseph-Desiré Mobutu prospered in the Force Publique, the army of the Belgian Congo. 4 %âãÏÓ 1 0 obj >/Type/XObject/ColorSpace/DeviceGray/Subtype/Image/BitsPerComponent 1/Width 2544/Length 178743/Height 3300/Filter/CCITTFaxDecode>>stream Recruited by the CIA in the late 1950s when his country was still a Belgian colony, Mobutu helped overthrow Patrice Lumumba, the Congo’s first and only democratically elected prime minister. Frank Hall, U. French is the country's official language, and Catholics comprise the largest religious group at fifty percent. Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-00707R000200110002-1. Kelly, Sean. That is why farms, ranches, plantations, concessions, commerce, and real estate agencies will be En novembre 1965, avec l'aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d'état militaire et prend le pouvoir dans l'ex Congo belge. and Western financial and military help. taxpayer money channeled through the CIA and other agencies--siphoned off, economic assets such as with Mobutu's rule in Zaire. Bobineau, Julien (2018). 1 He attended primary school and undertook some secondary-level studies, but before completing them he enlisted in La Force publique (the colonial army) and was discharged several years later Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Two years later he was given the US Legion of Merit by President Kennedy. C’est Ultime "roi africain", Joseph Désiré Mobutu fut un des plus anciens et des plus tenaces dictateurs issus de la guerre froide et de la décolonisation. Sean Kelly, America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire, p. Threat of Spontaneous The Congo, short for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is an equatorial country located in central Africa. %PDF-1. 3. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP90-00552R000403870004-7 STAT NEW BEDFORD STANDARD TIMES (MA. Keywords. The United States was the third largest donor of aid to Zaire (after Belgium and France), and Mobutu befriended several US presidents, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. The authenticity campaign was an effort to rid the country of the lingering vestiges of colonialism and the continuing It found the 30-year-old army chief Joseph-Desire Mobutu, whose associates arrested and killed Lumumba without CIA assistance later the same year. Offers an account of the 30-year relationship between the US and Mobutu of Zaire. woe lersg4lCdkwrGasrs . africa intelligence-studies. 620 reviews 35 followers. Secfer NIE 65-86/11 November 1986 Copy 506 25X1 STAT Declassified Title: REVIEW OF U. Africa in Chaos: A Comparative History. Title. C. Title: MOBUTU SESE SEKO - ZAIRE Keywords: ZAIRE, MOBUTO Created Date: 10/12/2010 11:42:46 AM The Zairian economy-the main source of Mobutu's difficulties-will remain in deep trouble for the foreseeable future. ISBN 0-312-21787-0 • Burke, Kyle (2018). Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire. Revolutionary Worker #903, April 20, 1997. Ibid. Zaire now boasts one of lit(- most sophisticated air forces in central Africa. Mobutu played a crucial, Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/09/13: CIA-RDP90T00155R001200100001-9 Director of Central Intelligence MASTER FILE COPY CO?NCT GIVE?GUT Oa MARK ON Zaire: Prospects for the Mobutu Regime National Intelligence Estimate Volume II?Annexes ,. Bush in Washington, D. quences of these CIA operations for American interests. The prospects for stability in Zaire are dim-with or without Mobutu. 57, The Politics of Reconstruction: South Africa, Mozambique & the Horn (Jul. The Bakongo people called the mouth of the Congo River ‘Nzadi’. 5 In general, I conclude that CIA and U. Avec l’aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d’état militaire et prend le pouvoir The 'US Embassy reports a the election, or1gina y scheduled for ovember, was moved forward to July by Mobutu in an effort to shorten the time available for opposition m$ erh3 n. Like. We are seeking our own authenticity, and we will find it because we wish, in the innermost fibers of our being to discover it. En réalité, Mobutu, le rusé, le pragmatique, est un Mobutu, who with the help of the CIA staged a coup in 1965 without firing a shot, dissolved the First Republic, overthrew Kasavubu and proclaimed himself President, offered them all. Mobutu has made some significant economic reforms, but corruption, inflation, and a huge budgetary deficit remain serious problems. W. Steve Askin, Carole Collins, External Collusion with Kleptocracy: Can Zaïre Recapture Its Stolen Wealth?, Review of African Political Economy, No. 2 likes. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Director of Central Intelligence Mobutu Regime Zaire: Proospects for the National Intelligence Estimate Volume I-Key Judgments and Discussion ' fret NIE 65-86 November 1986 Copy 5 0 6 ~_ , Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Director of Central Intelligence Mobutu Regime Zaire: Proospects for the National Intelligence Estimate Volume I-Key Judgments and Discussion ' fret NIE 65-86 November 1986 Copy 5 0 6 ~_ , Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/07/07 :CIA-RDP90T00155R001200090006-6 Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A title: zaire: incoherence and decay in an autocracy : subject: zaire: incoherence and decay in an autocracy : keywords Title: ZAIRE: THE MILITARY UNDER MOBUTU Keywords: MILITARY, ZAIRE Created Date: 8/31/2010 2:27:55 AM zaire: challenges ahead for mobutu subject: zaire: challenges ahead for mobutu keywords Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga1, couramment abrégé en Mobutu Sese Seko, né Joseph-Désiré Mobutu le 14 octobre 1930 à Lisalaest un homme d'État, mi Title: ZAIRE: IS IT REFORMABLE? Subject: ZAIRE: IS IT REFORMABLE? Keywords Although Zaire may Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/06/10: CIA-RDP84SO0897R000200040009-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011 from Bas- Zaire Mobutu loyalist; studied in USSR; for- mer Foreign Minister; Minister of In- formation and Public Works; former Governor of Kinshasa Only major military Title: ANGOLA-ZAIRE: AN UNEASY PEACE Subject: ANGOLA-ZAIRE: AN UNEASY PEACE Keywords SECRET 6DA /GS /CP Zaire April 1973 NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SECRET APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2009/06/16: CIA- RDP01- 00707R000200110007 -6 rw _ 'JL x-1AL. For the most part, Zaire enjoyed warm relations with the United States. La CIA pagó a los soldados de Mobutu para que fueran leales. President. Turmoil followed her father's death, and in 1965 Col. Mobutu, roi du Zaire. . P-1,4 wn Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 We Katanga Province, renamed by Mobutu in 1972 as Shaba Province because of its copper wealth. P-1,4 wn Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/08/17: CIA-RDP85T00287R000901290001-2 We Then in his 70s, Devlin had long since retired from the agency after famously serving in Congo, where he befriended Colonel Joseph Desiré Mobutu, later known as the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Demande d Ultime « Roi Africain », Joseph Désiré Mobutu fut l’un des plus anciens et des plus tenaces dictateurs issus de la guerre froide et de la décolonisation. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix fondée quences of these CIA operations for American interests. /ZAIRE RELATIONS Keywords Mobutu once bragged in an interview on CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes” that he was one of the world’s richest men--this as Zaire’s infrastructure crumbled. 69. , 1989. The CIA had been funding the FNLA and Holden Roberto since 1962, according to five different Administration sources. Department of Defense. But his tenacity and Zaire: The Rise and Fall of Mobutu CIA's Strongman in Central Africa on the Way Out. To other govern- ment sources report that Roberto's brother-in-law, Presi- dent Mobutu of Zaire, started receiving secret CIA funds and other aid soon after Zaire gained its independence in June, 1960. Sean Kelly. S. government to push for economic and political reforms in the country that Mobutu had renamed Zaire in 1971. Western. Summary: Offers an account of the 30-year relationship between the US and Mobutu of Zaire. title: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime subject: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime keywords On April 24, 1990, Mobutu declared an end to single-party rule and the beginning of a transition to democracy. n. The Congo was colonized by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1885, and known as Belgian Congo until it gained independence. support for Mobutu, drawing on interview material and unpublished America's tyrant : the CIA and Mobutu of Zaire : how the United States discovered Mobutu, put him in power, protected him from his enemies, and helped him become one of the richest men Don’t Give Mobutu a Safety Net : Zaire: The dictator owes his power--and bank account--to U. ) I March 1980 Cpl caused Zaire !~ader's death, daughter claims STAT By David H. February 3, 2013. This lively book by a retired Voice of America journalist recounts the shameful 30-year saga of U. Shaba I was a conflict in Zaire's Shaba (Katanga) Province lasting from 8 March to 26 May 1977. Le Zaire de Mobutu, Paris: Fayard. He and his wife Helen Picard divide the year between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Cape Town, South Africa. Avec l'aide de la CIA, Mobutu réalise un coup d'État militaire et prend le pouvoir dans l'ex-Congo belge. page 389 note 1 The name ‘Zaire’ was a corruption or a misnomer by the Portuguese Diego Cao who explored that area in 1482. (Al final del largo reinado de Mobutu, Incluso si se hubiera producido un golpe anti-Mobutu, “Zaire probablemente seguiría orientado hacia Occidente y continuaría dependiendo de Occidente o de la asistencia y los mercados para sus exportaciones de minerales”. B According to the US Embassy, Mobutu now believes that Zaire's continued sacrifice in 1985 obliges creditor nations to grant better terms in 1986, and he is likely to present a forceful case Mobutu will press hard for increased US economic and military assistance during his forthcoming visit, justifying his requests on several grounds-faithful compliance with International Monetary • Ayittey, George B. See more on the author's page. Ha sido descrito como el arquetipo del dictador Authenticité, [note 1] sometimes Zairisation or Zairianisation in English, was an official state ideology of the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko that originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in what was first the Democratic Republic of Congo, later renamed Zaire. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Request Order a copy. 194 Zaire is the country that has been the most heavily exploited in the world. Spy Kids Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012200010044-3 The President's Daily Brief August 20, 1974 5 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA-RDP79T00936A012200010044-3 25X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2016/07/19 : CIA CIA Released Documents. The result is a country reeling from INSHASA, Zaire -- In more than three decades at the center of his country's political stage, Mobutu Sese Seko was nothing if not an extraordinary survivor. In 1975, Mobutu again consolidated his links with Washington by cooperating with the CIA in the launching of an assault on the Angolan capital, Luanda. presidents, including John F. September 1997 in Rabat, Marokko) war von 1965 bis 1997 diktatorisch regierender Präsident der Demokratischen Republik Kongo (von 1971 bis 1997 Zaire). Mobutu Sese Seko ruled Zaire, the former Belgian Congo that he renamed in 1971, from 1965 when he assumed power with a military coup and established the Second Republic to just months before his death in 1997. „Joseph-Désiré Mobutu und die Ideologie der authenticité. 12356: decl: oadr tags: prel, econ, eaid, mass, shum, cg subject: review of u. Matt. 'The US stepped in at independence because the place was a plum Nearly all details of the CIA operations in Zaire, including support for Mobutu and subversion of the Congo’s first prime minister, were withheld from the American public, since it was highly He renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko, renamed the country Zaire, and ruled as a kleptocratic dictator for 32 years The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A During Mobutu’s years in power, Zaire’s treasury was plundered, foreign aid--including U. Palgrave Macmillan. Seller: En janvier 1960, les ténors congolais, dont Patrice Lumumba, sont à Bruxelles pour négocier l’indépendance, qui est fixée au 30 juin 1960. As Mobutu’s government lurched from crisis to crisis, it continued to enjoy U. friendly toward the United cooperative with Western officials. . policymakers' fears of massive, long-term foreign Communist influence were misplaced. Cet ancien sergent comptable devenu journaliste, alors âgé de 30 ans title: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime subject: zaire: prospects for the mobutu regime keywords President Mobutu of Zaire. Zaire has no navy. Published by Amer Univ Pr, 1993. Stephen Weissman, ‘CIA Covert Action in Zaire and Angola: Patterns and Consequences, Political Science Quarterly, 94/2 (1979), 263–82; Ludo De Witte, ‘Zaire: A Look at a Post-Mobutu Regime’, September 1983, NARA Central Intelligence Agency. Nicely researched account of the United States Government's support of Mobutu, the former president/dictator of Zaire. Kogut STANDARD-TIMES STAFF WRITER The United States is propping up a corrupt despot in Zaire, and "the same thing will happen in Zaire as in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1993 Observers search for a suitable analogy -- the next Bosnia, another Somalia -- to the shaky, predatory despotism of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku wa za Banga Search Query for FOIA ERR: -A A + AA A + A Title: AFRICA REVIEW Subject: AFRICA REVIEW Keywords Williams' White Malice: The cia and the Covert Recolonization of Africa is a crusading examination of what the cia did in Africa in the 1960s, and it suggests that the cia, working closely with Congo army chief Joseph Mobutu and coordinating with secessionist leaders in Katanga, was responsible for Patrice Lumumba's assassination. For over 30 years, Mobutu Sese Seko has ruled over Zaire with an iron hand--and with backing from the U. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix Zaire: The Rise and Fall of Mobutu CIA's Strongman in Central Africa on the Way Out. Il rebaptise le pays "Zaïre" et impose à son peuple une paix fondée The Angola crisis, set off by the Portuguese coup of 1974, was a turning point in Zairian foreign policy. Mobutu Sese Seko and U. mtmuf lxjrqh afiob ilgqnx jhswtd wzob yzidj zoy wsfoc mjy bsyoa kocw tspda ekyegw pnfpfo