Inside Allan Dulles' Reign as CIA Director, from '54 Guatemala Coup to Plotting Castro's Overthrow

Democracynow.org - Voters go to the polls in Guatemala on Sunday to elect a new president after a popular uprising led to President Otto Pérez Molina’s resignation and jailing. We speak with journalist and historian David Talbot, author of "The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government," about the role Allen Dulles and his brother, then-Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, played in the CIA’s 1954 coup in the country, the ramifications of which are still being felt. "The CIA and Allen Dulles told Eisenhower after the Guatemala coup, 'Oh, it was a clean coup. You know, hardly anyone died,'" Talbot said. "But the fact is, tens of thousands of people died in the killing fields of Guatemala as a result of that coup, and that violence continues today."
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[@Shark_King325]

“The 1954 Coup in Guatemala is still being felt today.” Same the 1963 Coup in America is also still being felt today.

[@boatman352]

Dulles was behind the assassination of Kennedy

[@failingsystemdeeplore9636]

CIA is like a kinda international version SS and Gestapo put together. And Dulles is basically Himmler if not worse

[@jamesbailey2377]

I have this book, read it, and it’s an engrossing read. Dulles was certainly a POWERFUL figure in early 20th century world history. The title of the book is not incorrect.

[@emanuelbufole17]

The American Himler and his cv is quiet bloody isn't?

[@ninefingerbandit9402]

I read it also, very eye opening

[@jzj2212]

He killed kennedy

[@TheodorusRex]

correct.

[@stddisclaimer8020]

Wrong. No evidence support that assertion.

[@bryangould1666]

​@@stddisclaimer8020Kennedy fired him after the failed bay of pigs invasion and he was obv a well connected man. I'm sure he wasn't pleased about getting canned esp considering he was the founder of the company 🤔

[@stddisclaimer8020]

@@bryangould1666 You spout unfiltered BS. Neither Dulles nor Richard Bissell were fired, they voluntarily resigned. According to the book _Robert Kennedy, In His Own Words_ , Bobby said of Dulles: ”He dealt with his leaving with a great deal of dignity and never attempted to shift the blame. The President was very fond of him, as was I.” When Dulles left the CIA, John Kennedy awarded him the National Security Medal, and described him as “a friend,” while praising him highly for “devoted public service.” And remember, it was RFK himself who recommended to LBJ that Dulles serve on the WC.

[@bryangould1666]

@@stddisclaimer8020 that's usually how it works resign instead of getting fired. But after the failed invasion someone's head had too roll and seeing how Kennedy blamed the Cia and dulles was the director he had to go either way

[@Juan-ud3if]

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[@SonicPhonic]

United Fruit-supported by Dulles-stole land from Guatemala, which it "payed" 16 cents / acre which it did not use. This land was to be returned to the Guatemalan people, which is when the CIA intervened. This is, I believe, detailed in Ronald Wright's "Time Among the Maya"...

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

Besides the Invasion, the AngloSaxons took them away Belize which was part of Guatemalans...

[@PhilUKNet]

It was a family business. The Dulles brothers' grandfather, John Foster, another secretary of state, played a key part in overthrowing the Hawaiian monarchy.

[@julioperez263]

Soy Guatemalteco y toda esa historia y atrocidades cometidas por la CIA a nuestro pueblo no las olvidamos, ya que en mi familia hubo hombres que fueron sacrificados por defender y mantener la democracia y la libertad!! Viva Guatemala y Centro America!!

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

Remember the lands "used to belong to the Germans"... Many things happened in Guatemala...

[@cutlip98]

This man was a menace to history and should be remembered in History along with Stalin and Hitler

[@GregJay]

Wow how brutal all because he thought about the people , how sad we're monsters not just bad

[@RoheyOnline]

This hits differently now

[@richbydesignpullupj5842]

3:27 hi I am from Haiti and you are saying a lot a lot a lot and I appreciate you... I think you are helping me understand why shit is so fucked now I can feel to a closer stage where we can fix things

[@buckeyewill2166]

Wall Street Gangsters

[@kingidris9281]

Allen Dulles is running my case right now well they operate they same do as they please

[@bumcheek7]

SKULL&BONES BULLSHIT.

[@gevara454]

And that is why Kennedy die on 63

[@TheSteinmetzen]

I think there was thinking that Hitler's fascism was a much better mode than Casto's communism. I think that many Americans were seduced and fooled by this and were sympathetic to Hitler's ideology...not knowing the evil trajectory the dictator was going into Hindsight is definitly 20/20.

[@shafts2447]

Na, he was going back to the gold and silver standard taking civilian bankers out of the game. So…..he was going to strip power from the most corrupt and powerful people in the world.

[@quronmccovery881]

​​@@shafts2447 Wrong, he threatened the CIA and imperialism. That's why he was killed.

[@user-ti3vp9mt3z]

JFK shaking hands with the very man who would later orchestrate his assassination 0:55.

[@brianzybura8633]

You are spot on. At that scene, we all wish to say, be careful Mr. President, that handshake holds a snake.

[@kevinbrennan-ji1so]

That is what I believe is most likely the case. And the sinister nature of this man, to smile and smooth-talk while planning his dastardly schemes. Truly the personification of evil on earth.

[@andrewcharley1893]

Not hard to believe.

[@terry4137]

Great Book!

[@willardchi2571]

Is this second part the final part, or are there more parts?

[@trone3630]

There are three parts. Part one is "The Rise of America’s Secret Government...", part two is the one on this page, and part three is called "A CIA Tie to JFK Assassination...".

[@msmeyersmd8]

Is their a companion show called "Republic Now"? On NPR?

[@jamesderoc6717]

and jfk

[@FunboyFandango]

Where the hell is part 1?

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

The Good shepherd ☺️

[@MistaJG]

Sorry I’m 2 years late 😂

[@trone3630]

Search this channel for "The Rise of America’s Secret Government", which is part one, and "A CIA Tie to JFK Assassination", which is part three.

[@landanthompson7056]

Could the FBI agent have been Oswald

[@kamilebrahimoff3589]

Oswald was a patsy. The real killers got a way with it. Mafia and the exiled Cubans had a hand in the assassination.

[@chrisfojtik7391]

They all are agents for the masters.

[@SpotterVideo]

Watch the BBC Special "The Men Who Killed Kennedy" for the answer. Kennedy was going to fire Dulles as head of the CIA, and then Dulles ended up on the Warren Commission...

[@trone3630]

@@SpotterVideo Not a big deal, but Kennedy actually did fire him beforehand. So a disgruntled, former employee who didn't like Kennedy led the investigation. Not saying anyone did anything wrong, but... that's interesting.

[@SpotterVideo]

@@trone3630 Thanks for that point. You are correct.

[@sonnysantana5454]

Italy -48' , iran-53' , Guatemala-54'

[@Pablosky1968]

Beautiful life and heritage😢

[@jrdardonl]

Medieval Barons? WTF?

[@amycrunch3812]

Sometimes Amy is right!

[@zstanojevic9574]

She's ALWAYS right as she lets people talk.

[@jameshammond3853]

Sickening

[@michaeleire6951]

Very much did a fine coup . No police patsy that never got a chance to live. Plausible deniability no matter how many people know which is anyone . Obviously everyone that seen the Zeebrugge film knows or should

[@mariagaganta4925]

Amy 🙏 Super 💯 Fidel Castro 😎 Breath Taking WOW❤️ The 🌎 Is Enchanted 🌟 With His Presence Che Guevara 😎❤️ Revo The 🌎😉

[@zz424]

Che Guevara was no hero he was a murder and scumbag

[@wespaul9345]

I find it hard to believe they "tried" to assassinate Castro. If they wanted to they could of. I think they made him out to be a devil and just kept putting their hands out for more funding from Congress.

[@jeffeverett274]

The SS.

[@sepperD3]

I liked this book a lot and there is a female author her name escapes me she has several books about the CIA that are awesome

[@groundhog1903]

dazed and confused so long have to save this 1

[@fasteddie9055]

Is that the same United Fruit from the Godfather 2 ? I still remember ''Chiquita Banana'' of the 1950s era movie house fame ? /

[@tlc121161]

Dulles pure Evil

[@Peter_Joshua]

This dude looks like a college professor, Professor James Moriarty to be precise.

[@Retroscoop]

Sounds like an interesting book, but who on Earth invents such frivolous titles for non fiction, as if it were the latest Frederick Forsyth novel ? Editors really can't resist adding a cheesy sauce to increase sales....

[@Seraph89_]

Are you going to cry?

[@steed3902]

@@Seraph89_ OP does make a good point tho! that Title is cheddar!

[@failingsystemdeeplore9636]

It is quite fitting though

[@jamesbailey2377]

Steed: I admit that title attracted me (which was its intent, of course) but the substance of the book is superb.

[@SwiftLikeASamurai]

It's an awsome title

[@westrose7525]

Elite global

[@jimorgain63]

this is insane to learn about now, what will we find out in sixty years they are hiding now? lol

[@sonnysantana5454]

the only cool stunt that the company ever pulled was the rescue of the Dalai Lama and paying the vegas gambling dept of his brother wally lama

[@emanuelbufole17]

Allan Dulles or the American Himler has quiet a bloody cv.

[@johnfury6481]

Even his stash is telling.

[@Berley_1234]

EVIL

[@jorgealberto1983a]

This is a crazy video

[@fuzzresponder2225]

And just maybe JFK

[@michaeleire6951]

Im a io in a certain group and agency told me flat out dulles and johnson hoover. Texas oil men big group all about to lose money and power.

[@jimorgain63]

pro castro? what? confusing

[@jerome8601]

He killed jfk

[@iconicyard1311]

just wondering, how many people did castro murder?c

[@quronmccovery881]

How many have the american government killed?

[@ronrendina8986]

Democracy never its a consitutional republic was anyway now majority rules and enough mony makes a majority brainwashinng

[@canofbeer2397]

Democracy -system of government by the population or elected representatives.

[@thomashusted]

Allan Dulles was the mastermind behind JFKs assassination.

[@shafts2447]

Next on Democracy Now “When the CIA coup the Ukrainian government in 2014”.

[@paulthomas963]

Shh those segments have been lost.

[@juanitawebb6102]

Dulles also caused world war 2

[@mgh_777]

Creep template.

[@JohnDoe-ef3nv]

he seems like a Kennedy apologist.

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

That's I thought too... Kennedy was with Allan Dulles. So in short words, Kennedy knew about the Invasion of CIA in Guatemala?

[@amycrunch3812]

Somewhat. Who knows? They must also realise at some level that the naked truth might be too much of a shock for fragile minds over there.

[@xavierlehnhoff1562]

@@CavingIn2022 oh thank you. I thought that Kennedy knew about Guatemala and he just put it aside this case. Thanks for the data.

[@fla5h894]

@@xavierlehnhoff1562 yea and so what the guy got his head blown off for not following these psychopaths ideas Kennedy was a modern day profit just like trump 😊

[@thespartan8476]

But what's really disgusting is the fact that Americans think the assassination of John F. Kennedy was bad thing? An assassination of a US president could never be a bad thing. The US will never be on the right side history. As they say A Dog's Tale can never be straightened.

[@noneya313]

still waiting for that democracy

[@kimchiba4570]

This guy is pure evil..those eyes are deep and dark .. f.. to think his ilks live till today snd in control

[@brianzybura8633]

That is exactly how he comes across to me when I look at a picture of him. Like you say, that deep dark evil look on his face--Allen Dulles, that is. At 0;55 as he smiles while shaking hands with Kennedy, Allen Dulles' smile is really a frown up side down.

[@darinpetty3741]

This is the guy that helped kill JFK!