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Borja Alvarez
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"What we wanted to do was to have a terror campaign," said the CIA's E. Howard Hunt, who worked on the political-warfare portfolio for the operation--"to terrify Arbenz particularly, to terrify his troops, much as the German Stuka bombers terrified the population of Holland, Belgium and Poland at the onset of World War Two.”
— Apr 24, 2026 03:23AM
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Borja Alvarez
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“The new president of the United States was not pleased. "Ever since 1946," Eisenhower fumed, "all the so-called experts have been yapping about what would happen when Stalin dies and what we as a nation should do about it. Well, he's dead. And you can turn the files of our government inside out--in vain--looking for any plans laid. We have no plan.
We are not even sure what difference his death makes."
— Apr 23, 2026 03:21AM
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We are not even sure what difference his death makes."










