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Jamie, Eliza, Ellie, Emily.  1953-Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.  Ready to make an oil deal with.

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1 Jamie, Eliza, Ellie, Emily

2  1953-Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.  Ready to make an oil deal with the Soviet Union.  Also was against pro-American Shah in Iran.  Allen Dulles (director of CIA under Eisenhower) sent agents to overthrow of Mossadegh.  The Shah returned to power.  1951-The president of Guatemala, Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, was elected with Communist support.  Initiated a land reform project.  1954-Czechoslovakia (Communist) delivered arms to Guatemala  CIA armed the Guatemalans and trained them at secret camps in Nicaragua and Honduras.  Guzmán left office.

3  In order to stop the spread of communism President Eisenhower decided to use covert operations conducted by the CIA.  Many operations took place in developing nations and nations with primarily agricultural economies.  The leaders of these countries looked to Communists as a model of how to industrialize their countries.  American officials were afraid that these leaders might stage a Communist revolution.  To prevent this the US provided them with support such as financial aid.


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