aug 19, 1953 - Iran
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The CIA and the British intelligence force along with the help of the Shah of Iran plotted a coup to remove the government of Mohammed Mosaddeq due to the belief that he was a soviet sympathiser and that he would let Iran drift into the soviet sphere of control in order to stay in power.
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