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1 affairs nor kept abreast of developments in the Congo?
2 Mr. Dillon. No, nor any other foreign policy, except as
3 it fell under the monetary area, with one exception. And this
4 was economic entirely. That is, the President, because of
5 my past experience in the handling of this matter, asked me,
6 more or less as a favor, because he didn't believe the Treasury
7 should really handle this, but he asked me if I would head the
8 US effort or set up the Alliance for Progress. And there was
9 going to be a meeting down in Uruguay, Puntal del Este. And
10 so I did do that. And that was the only foreign policy job
11 I did. And that was economic in nature.
12 Mr. Baron. Let me show you now a copy of your affidavit
13 to the Rockefeller Commission which concerns among other
14 things a meeting that was held in the Pentagon where the
15 Congo was discussed. First, let me ask you if that is a true
16 copy of your affidavit?
17 Mr. Dillon. It so appears.
18 Mr. Baron. Do you recall this meeting where, as you have
19 affirmed: "On one occasion in late July or early August of
20 1960, shortly after Patrice Lumumba's visit to Washington,
21 I attended a meeting in the Pentagon at which the overall
22 Congo problem was discussed. During the discussion, which
23 covered a great variety of matters, my recollection is that
24 a question regarding the possibility of assassination attempt
25 against Lumumba was briefly raised. The CIA representative

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