Larry Devlin arrived as the chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied and governmental authority had collapsed. As he crossed the Congo River in an almost empty ferry, all he could see were lines of people trying to travel out of the Congo. This is his autobiography.
Larry Devlin arrived as the chief of station for the CIA in the Congo five days after the country had declared its independence, the army had mutinied...