Person
Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
CIA officer who managed the 1953 Iran operation on the ground.
- Dates
- 1916–2000
- Also known as
- Kermit Roosevelt
- Wikidata
- Q1739295
Connections 2
worked at
- Central Intelligence Agency chief of the Near East operations division Scholarship & press 1
intervened in
- The 1953 coup in Iran Aug 1953 on-the-ground manager of the plan Primary record 12
Timeline 2 dates
- 1916–2000 Kermit Roosevelt Jr.
- Aug 1953 Kermit Roosevelt Jr. intervened in The 1953 coup in Iran
Proof 2 sources
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CIA Confirms Role in 1953 Iran Coup (Electronic Briefing Book No. 435), National Security Archive, George Washington University, 19 Aug 2013.
Scholarship & press
Kermit Roosevelt, chief of CIA's Near East operations division, and on-the-ground manager of the U.S.-U.K. coup plan.
on-the-ground manager of the U.S.-U.K. coup plan.
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“Zendebad, Shah!”: The Central Intelligence Agency and the Fall of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq, August 1953 (CIA History Staff, Scott A. Koch), Central Intelligence Agency, 1998.
Primary record
Without Kermit Roosevelt's leadership, guidance, and ability to put some backbone into the key players when they wanted to quit, no one would have moved against Mossadeq.
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