That set off horror in the West. The United States and Britain joined together. A CIA officer was sent with a lot of money to Iran in the summer of 1953. And After just three weeks [in Iran], he [the CIA officer] had managed to overthrow not only the leader of the government, but the democratic system in Iran. So that was just three weeks and it was celebrated. When that agent came back, he had a reception in the White House and everybody toasted him. Sounded great. (26:17–26:25)
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Asserts that the CIA officer overthrew Iran's government and democratic system in three weeks.
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