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COS did not recall agent QJWIN. He did recall that O'Donnell may have brought an asset into the Congo to help him. He said, however, that based on our representation that QJWIN was in the Congo in the fall of 1960, he must have known of QJWIN's activities.

WIROGUE

COS does not remember the true name of agent WIROGUE nor why or how he came to the Congo. When his recollection was refreshed by seeing cable traffic, COS said that WIROGUE was a difficult man to handle. For a short time, WIROGUE became a major in the Congolese Army. COS said that he had wanted ROGUE to pull together a surveillance team. COS did not recall discussing WIROGUE with O'Donnell.

COS's only specific recollection is of being in WIROGUE's apartment and discussing an assassination squad. COS does not think that he mentioned the use of QJWIN in connection with this "execution squad." COS said that it was conceivable that he had approached WIROGUE with the idea of using him against Lumumba. But COS remembers he came to mistrust WIROGUE and felt that WIROGUE did not know what he was doing. COS also said it was unlikely that he would have sent the cable about WIROGUE's approach to QJWIN in ordinary CIA channels as he did if he thought this related to the actual assassination mission. Instead, it was merely evidence that WIROGUE was out of control.

MOVING LUMUMBA TO KATANGA

COS recalled that troops in Thysville mutinied while Lumumba was being held there. COS was in contact with various Congolese

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