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I'm currently reading Legacy of Ashes, a history of the CIA. As you can probably guess from the title, the author definitely has a point of view, so I'm not entirely sure he's really reliable. But he presents Operation AJAX is actually a pretty near-run thing, that came very close to failure, with the Shah fleeing Iran to Rome only to come back at the last minute. What if it actually does fail, with Mossadeq managing to keep the army on his side and the Shah staying in Rome? What if it fails catastrophically, with Iranian police capturing documents or personnel who can testify to the hand of the CIA in fomenting the attempted coup d'etat? What happens next?
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