22. Yes we do. JFK was briefed by Ike himself about Lumumba's assassination - and didn't object.
Indeed, President Kennedy had a hand in assisting in the arrest of Nelson Mandela in South Africa during his administration. The justification was that South Africa was an ally in the Cold War against the Soviet Union - just as Belgium was when it came to the Lumumba matter.
JFK was many admirable things, but above all he was a Cold Warrior. Some of the choices he made as a Cold Warrior weren't so admirable.
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