Year 1952: Prime Minister Churchill, who in the words of one
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- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror whole source · open book
Prime Minister Churchill, who in the words of one of his foreign spies “enjoyed dramatic operations and had no high regard for timid diplomatists,” spent the second half of 1952 trying to enlist President Truman. In August Mossadegh invited an American oil executive named Alton Jones to visit Iran. Truman thought this was a fine idea and gave it his blessing, but when Churchill learned of it, he was mightily upset.
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