Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1960, Mutungamiri Dwight D. Eisenhower akagadza Timberlake kuti ave Mumiriri wokutanga weUnited States kuDemocratic Republic of the Congo yakanga ichangobva kuzvimiririra, yaimbova koloni yeBelgium. Mukati
Congo Crisis, Hayes akanga ari mutsigiri weMobutu Sese Seko, uye akatsigira kubviswa kwaPatrice Lumumba. Muna March 1961, Hayes pachake akarayira ngarava shanu dzeU.S. Navy kupinda mumvura dzokuCongo, chiito chakakanganisa hurumende yaKennedy.