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Birch O'Neal

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Birch O'Neill was the CIA station chief in Guatemala in 1953, succeeding Collins Almon.[1]When the CIA began Operation PBSUCCESS to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz, O'Neill was not enthusiastic about the propaganda aspects. CIA director Allen Dulles had him replaced and the operation proceeded.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Immerman, Richard H. (1982). The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention. University of Texas Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-292-71083-6.
  2. ^ Kinzer, Stephen; The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and their secret war; 2013; p. 165
  3. ^ Kinzer, Stephen (2006). Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. Henry Holt and Company LLC. ISBN 0-8050-8240-9.