Year 1953: “Now this was 1953, and a copying machine is about
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- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror whole source · open book
“Now this was 1953, and a copying machine is about the size of two refrigerators. But at that time neither I nor most American journalists or most American people would have been able to tell you what the initials CIA stood for.” By Sunday afternoon Roosevelt had conceived his new plan. On Monday and Tuesday his agents would spread across Tehran to bribe politicians, mullahs, and anyone else who might be able to turn out crowds at a crucial moment.
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