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e kept in mind. The most important one is that practically everyone in the whole Congo
hated Lumumba. When Colonel Mobutu and Kasavubu finally had him in their hands, they
faced the rather sticky decision of what to do with him. They knew that the UN was doing
everything possible to return Lumumba to power. They also knew Lumumba well enough
to realize that if this should ever happen they would both be arrested and executed.
Obviously, the safest course of action for them was to kill Lumumba or to have someone
else do it. Another fact to keep in mind is that when the UN sent a special team of
investigators to the Congo to look into the circumstances surrounding Lumumba's death, it
was denied entry, not by Katanga, but by the central government. 24
Be that as it may, Lumumba's death triggered off worldwide reaction. The loss to the
Communists of one of their stooges was more than offset by the propaganda gain for
Communist objectives. The event was skillfully used to destroy what little pro-Katanga
sentiment there was in America and elsewhere. Newspaper editors eulogized Lumumba
and pointed the finger at Tshombe. A howling mob stormed the Belgian embassy in
Moscow. In Singapore, the American embassy was picketed. Wild street demonstrations
broke out in London, New Delhi and Belgrade. In Cairo the Belgian embassy was
ransacked and gutted. Belgians had to flee their homes in Egypt. There was even a phony
funeral in New York while Black Muslims picketed the United Nations building.
The murder of Lumumba was a savage act. It was followed by an equally savage one. In
Stanleyville nine anti-Lumumbists who had been held and mistreated for months were
also murdered. The United Nations conducted no investigations. There were no outcries
of indignation or protest from UN spokesmen. There were no spontaneous demonstrations
around the world. There were no bleeding heart editorials in our daily newspapers.
Here is a silent tribute to the powerful hold that Communist-inspired propaganda has over
the minds and attitudes of those in the non-Communist world. It is astounding that so
many millions of people could be sincerely shocked and saddened over the death of a
man like Patrice Lumumba while at the same time feeling little concern over the brutal
murders of hundreds of anti-Communist leaders in the Congo, Eastern Europe and Red
China. Here was a man who was literally unknown to the world until he led his people into
chaos. And then, in spite of his clear record as an ex-convict, a dope addict, a murderer
and a Communist, he was catapulted into the hearts of millions who were skillfully
conditioned to think of him as a great martyred leader.
1. Hempstone, pp. 107-110.
NOTES
2. Philippa Schuyler, Who Killed the Congo? (New York, The Devin-Adair Company,
1962), p. 17.
3. Ibid., P. 172.
4. As quoted by Schuyler, p. 163.
5. As quoted by Congressman Donald C. Bruce, Congressional Record (September 12,
1962).
6. Hempstone, p. 111. Also, O'Brien, p. 88.