With the us assassination of osama bin laden still fresh in the publics mind chief of station congo fighting the cold war in a hot zone is an incredibly timely piece of writing lawrence devlin provides a perspective not often represented in many discussions surrounding the bin laden assassination devlin details his feelings of frustration and concern when given orders to assassinate . Chief of station congo fighting the cold war in a hot zone larry devlin arrived as the new 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. Chief of station congo fighting the cold war in a hot zone paperback april 1 2008 by lawrence devlin author 44 out of 5 stars 77 ratings. Larry devlin arrived as the new 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 boat all he could see were lines of people trying to travel the other way out of the congo. Larry devlins chief of station congo fighting the cold war in a hot zone is not a comprehensive history of cia operations in the congo but a personal memoir of his involvement there devlin was the cias man in that country for two separate tours in the early and mid sixties in his book he refutes two stories commonly purveyed about the roles played by the us government the cia and