On June 27, 1954, democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz resigned under pressure from a CIA-orchestrated coup known as Operation PBSUCCESS. The intervention, designed primarily to protect United Fruit Company’s vast landholdings, inaugurated decades of military dictatorship, …
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On August 19, 1953, the CIA executed Operation Ajax (known to the British as Operation Boot), a covert action that overthrew Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh and restored authoritarian power to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The coup marked the first time the CIA …
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Under CIA Director Allen Dulles, Project MKULTRA is officially launched as a comprehensive, covert research program exploring behavioral modification and mind control techniques. The program involves 149 subprojects conducted through universities and research institutions, focusing on chemical and …
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues a military order on June 13, 1942, establishing the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) under William “Wild Bill” Donovan, a Wall Street lawyer, Medal of Honor recipient, and well-connected Republican. The OSS becomes America’s first …
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