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2 unusual facts about Cyrille Adoula


Cyrille Adoula

UN Secretary-General U Thant proposed a plan to end the secession of Katanga, but Tshombe made no moves to implement it.

Frank Carlucci

According to James Schlesinger, following the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, the new Prime Minister of the Congo, Cyrille Adoula, began a meeting with President John F. Kennedy with the question "Ou est Carlucci?" (Where is Carlucci?), who first responded "Who the hell is Carlucci?'" and then sent Dean Rusk to find him.



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