...It is in this regard that Patrice Lumumbas determination to achieve genuine independence and to have full control over Congos resources in order to utilise them to improve the living conditions of our people was perceived as a threat to western interests. To fight him, the US and Belgium used all the tools and resources at their disposal, including the United Nations secretariat, under Dag Hammarskjöld and Ralph Bunche, to buy the support of Lumumbas Congolese rivals , and hired killers.
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