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| | Invasion of Congo Guevara, Ernesto "Che" |  |
| Guevara's aim is to export the Cuban Revolution by instructing local Simba fighters in Communist ideology and foco strategies of guerrilla warfare |
| The Cuban operation is carried out in support of the pro-Patrice Lumumba Marxist Simba movement in the Congo-Kinshasa (formerly Belgian Congo, later Zaire and currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
| 24th April Guevara, his second-in-command Victor Dreke, and twelve of the Cuban expeditionaries arrived in the Congo, a contingent of approximately 100 Afro-Cubans join them soon afterwards |
| Nov Collaborates with guerrilla leader Laurent-D‚sir‚ Kabila,Kabila, who helps Lumumba supporters lead a revolt that is suppressed in November by the Congolese army |
| Nov The National Security Agency intercepts all of incoming and outgoing transmissions via equipment aboard the USNS Valdez, a floating listening post which continuously cruises the Indian Ocean off Dar-es-Salaam |
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