M.
Richard Maxson
This
series of articles continues to examine what the shadow government
and the deep state are and how they have gained so much control over
the U.S. government and society in general.
The
failure to overthrow the Syrian government soured Truman on the use
of the agency. The whole operation left a bad taste in his mouth. He
wanted to thwart the Soviet Union, but was this the way to go about
it? Then came disaster in Korea – The battle
of Chosin Reservoir.
Viewed as a proxy war with the Communist Russia the U.S. wanted
complete victory to be used as an example of the nation's might. Our
military commanders arrogance almost caused complete annihilation of
the U.S. and U.N. Forces. It was this point in time when certain
individuals in the United States government made the decision that
this country “had to be” the policeman of the world with the main
goal – the defeat of Communism world-wide.
The
wheels to disguise their operations was put into motion a number of
months earlier with the launch of “Operation Mockingbird.” It was
understood that if the information was controlled, so could the
population, not only of the country – but of the world.
The CIA begins recruiting American news organizations and journalists
to become spies and disseminators of propaganda. The effort is headed
by Frank Wisner, Allan Dulles, Richard Helms and Philip Graham.
Graham is publisher of The
Washington Post, which
becomes a major CIA player. Eventually, the CIA’s media assets will
include ABC, NBC, CBS, Time,
Newsweek,
Associated Press, United Press International, Reuters, Hearst
Newspapers, Scripps-Howard, Copley News Service and more. By the
CIA’s own admission, at least 25 organizations and 400 journalists
will become CIA assets. It was this point in time when citizens lost
control of truth.
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| THE BIGGEST COUP OF ALL - THE END OF TRUTH |
The
election of 1952 gave a renewed vigor to the emerging Deep State.
They now had a military man in the White House and the plans that
President Truman had put on the back burner could move ahead with all
speed. After the unsuccessful Syrian operation to keep mid-east oil
in the hands of the West, Iran began to act independent of our
wishes.
The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the Eisenhower administration decided to overthrow Iran's government, though the predecessor Truman administration had opposed a coup, fearing the precedent that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) involvement would set. The assault on Iran had begun by the British blockading it's ports in retaliation of the nationalization of their oil industry. Unable to sell it's oil caused friction within the country. The spiritual leader, the Shah, at first supported the oil nationalization, but he joined with the opposition after being informed by the CIA that he too would be "deposed" if he didn't play along with the upcoming coup.
The first coup attempt appeared to have failed and Mossadegh ordered security forces to round up the coup plotters, and dozens were imprisoned. Believing that he had succeeded, and that he was in full control of the government, Mossadegh erred. Assuming that the coup had failed, he asked his supporters to return to their homes and to continue with their lives as normal. The CIA was ordered to leave Iran and the Eisenhower administration considered changing its policy to support Mossadegh as long as they were anti-Communist. With undersecretary of state Walter Bedell Smith remarking "Whatever his faults, Mossadegh had no love for the Russians and timely aid might enable him to keep Communism in check."
"Operation Ajax has been tried and failed and we should not participate in any operation against Mossadegh which could be traced back to US,” CIA headquarters wrote to its station chief in Iran in a newly declassified cable sent on Aug. 18, 1953. That is the cable from headquarters which Kermit Roosevelt, top CIA officer in Iran, purportedly and famously ignored the order to cease and desist. ( This is one of the first instances where an individual decided that they knew what was best for the country. It is the beginnings of the Deep State.)
The consequences of his decision were momentous. On 19 August, hired infiltrators posing as Tudeh party members began to organize a "communist revolution". They came and encouraged real Tudeh members to join in. Soon, the Tudeh members took to the streets attacking virtually any symbols of capitalism, and looting private businesses and destroying shops. Much of southern Tehran's business district, including the bazaars, were vandalized. With sudden mass public revulsion against this act, the next part of Zahedi's plan came into action. From the vandalized bazaars, a second group of paid infiltrators, this time posing as Shah supporters, organized angry crowds of common Iranians who were terrified about a "Communist revolution" and sickened by the violence. The C.I.A. stepped up the pressure. Iranian operatives pretending to be Communists threatened Muslim leaders with "savage punishment if they opposed Mossadegh," seeking to stir anti-Communist sentiment in the religious community. In addition the house of at least one prominent Muslim was bombed by C.I.A. agents posing as Communists. The agency was also intensifying its propaganda campaign. A leading newspaper owner was granted a personal loan of about $45,000, "in the belief that this would make his organ amenable to our purposes."
The
overthrow of Iran's elected government in 1953 ensured Western
control of Iran's petroleum resources and prevented the Soviet Union
from competing for Iranian oil. After all this was and still is all
about oil. In early 1954, the U.S. required removal of the AIOC's
monopoly and five American petroleum companies, Royal Dutch Shell,
and the Compagnie Française des Pétroles, were the only ones
allowed to draw Iran's petroleum after the successful coup d'état
Before going into the operation, Ajax had to have the approval of the President but the Deep State kept him partially in the dark. Eisenhower participated in none of the meetings that set up Ajax; he received only oral reports on the plan; and he did not discuss it with his Cabinet or the NSC. Establishing a pattern he would hold to throughout his Presidency, he kept his distance and left no documents behind that could implicate the President in any projected coup. It was Foster Dulles alone that maintained a tight control over the activities of the CIA Operation Ajax was the first time the Central Intelligence Agency orchestrated a plot to overthrow a democratically elected government. The success of this operation, and its relatively low cost, encouraged the CIA to successfully carry out a similar operation in Guatemala a year later.
In
August 2013, 60 years afterward, the CIA admitted that it was in
charge of both the planning and the execution of the coup, including
the bribing of Iranian politicians, security and army high-ranking
officials, as well as pro-coup propaganda.
The CIA is quoted acknowledging the coup was carried out "under
CIA direction" and "as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government" The
coup fanned the flames of anti-Western sentiment, which reached a
crescendo in 1979 with the U.S. hostage crisis, the final overthrow
of the shah, and the creation of the Islamic Republic to counter the
“Great Satan.” The repercussions are still being felt today
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