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Here's nearly the same exact story in a 1955 American anti-communist propaganda piece. Start at 3:20

https://archive.org/details/0038_Americas_Distribution_of_We...

I have no doubt this happened, but my gut says the US govt set this up to help him make the transition look like a principled decision rather than an outright loss. I'm sure the CIA was more than happy to help him with PR side of things.




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