Foreign Policy of The United States - Covert Actions

Covert Actions

See also: Covert United States foreign regime change actions and Reagan Doctrine

United States foreign policy also includes covert actions to topple foreign governments that have been opposed to the United States. In 1953 the CIA, working with the British government, endorsed the military in a coup d'état against the anti-British government of Iran led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh who had attempted to nationalize Iran's oil, threatening the interests of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. See Operation Ajax.

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