The CIA and Guatemala

Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 establishing the CIA. The National Security Act charged the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) with coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence affecting national security.

Where Guatemala is

Eisenhower had believed that the Guatemalan government had Communist sympathies. It was only because the Communists gave over 200,000 acres of American land to peasants. So the CIA trained an army to invade Guatemala. They invaded Guatemala and didn't have much to fight. The Guatemalan army refused to defend their president, so the president resigned. Then the army's leader became the next dictator president of Guatemala. That was exactly what we wanted. Get the president of Guatemala to resign and get a new president.