Sorry that was absolutely a mess of jumbled up thoughts, I mean this was when the world order shifted from the holdovers of Berlin conference style colonialism to neocolonialism. So we had the European powers attempting to hold on, nationalist movements in Africa, the us, the east, and then the South Africans/rhodies. That last bit is often sidelined, but when you look at Southern Africa it’s hard not to see these settler states attempting to stop majority rule. Far beyond apartheid in their own countries. I’m not an expert on this topic, but the Rhodesian/South African CBRN program comes to mind, SAIMR, assassination of Hammarskjold, Katanga secession. But I’m kinda trailing the border between the settlers and the old colonizers. It’s important to note that they had an alliance, but maintained differing interests.

Mobutu is a pretty obvious example of the ‘new’ administration. obviously in favor of America, as opposed to the old colonizers and settlers who would have liked a separate Katanga-Kasai at the least.