COUP 53: New Documentary on Overthrow of Iran's Mosaddeq
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Description
A new documentary film, COUP 53, examines the 1953 overthrow of Iran's Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq. Malcolm Byrne edited this briefing book, posted in August 2020, around a startling item the film features. It is a recently recovered interview with a former MI6 operative.
In that interview, Britain's Secret Intelligence Service is tied to the 1953 kidnapping of Tehran's chief of police. A kidnapping of the capital's police chief was no side detail in a coup; it removed a man who could have resisted. The posting links film research with the declassified record, each strengthening the other.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | National Security Archive |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 7,379 bytes |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | National Security Archive |