According to 'The Queen and the Coup,' a documentary airing this month in Britain citing newly discovered US documents, a comedy of errors may have played a key role in the 1953 CIA-British coup that toppled the democratic government of Iran.
Henderson expressed concern as to whether the phone was secure and then tried to convey his message to the shah via the palace official, using discreet language.
Citing its earlier telegram, the embassy says the reference to"Queen Elizabeth refers of course to vessel and not – repeat not – to monarch," according to a second note recounted in the documentary. "He's been persuaded to take risks . . . And all this to some extent is on a false premise. He believes he has received a message from one monarch to another. He's actually received a message from a boat.The coup to topple Mossadegh was launched in August of the same year. After Mossadegh's government had shut down the British embassy in Tehran in 1952, suspecting it was a center of espionage, the CIA took the lead in running the coup operation using British agents and plans.
On Aug. 19, the shah dismissed Mossadegh as prime minister and installed a military government. In 2013, the CIA publicly admitted for the first time its involvement in the 1953 coup, an event that continues to shape the troubled relationship between Iran and the United States.following mass protests. Students and other opposition activists cited the 1953 coup as a partial justification for the revolution.
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