Church Committee Interim Report: Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders

by U.S. Government

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Country: United States
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This reports covers allegations of United States involvement in assassination plots against foreign political leaders. The evidence establishes that the U.S. was implicated in several assassination plots. Among the cases examined are:

- Patrice Lumumba (Congo/Zaire) - In the Fall of 1960, two CIA officials were asked by superiors to assassinate Lumumba.

- Fidel Castro (Cuba) - U.S. Government personnel plotted to kill Castro from 1960 to 1965.

- Rafael Trujillo (Dominican Republic) - Trujillo was shot by Dominican dissidents supported by the U.S. Government on May 31, 1961.

- Ngo Dinh Diem (South Vietnam) - Diem and his brother, Nhu, were killed on November 2, 1963. The U.S. Government supported the coup.

- General Rene Schneider (Chile) - On October 25, 1970, General Schneider died of gunshot wounds inflicted three days earlier while resisting a kidnap attempt.


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