Yeah, the newly formed CIA of the postwar era actually pulled the man who signed the order for the attack on Pearl Harbor out of prison, to put him in charge of Japan’s conservative party, and with a heavy hand on the scales the leader of the country. All to fight off a group that wanted to unionize Japan’s workers so that they didn’t have to work themselves to death.
Basically everyone begged the CIA not to do this, and yet they did. Because the first leader of the CIA had been personal friends with several prominent Nazis, and had reportedly cried when America entered WW2 against the Nazis. The other Dulles brother wasn’t any better of a person.
Yeah, the newly formed CIA of the postwar era actually pulled the man who signed the order for the attack on Pearl Harbor out of prison, to put him in charge of Japan’s conservative party, and with a heavy hand on the scales the leader of the country. All to fight off a group that wanted to unionize Japan’s workers so that they didn’t have to work themselves to death.
Basically everyone begged the CIA not to do this, and yet they did. Because the first leader of the CIA had been personal friends with several prominent Nazis, and had reportedly cried when America entered WW2 against the Nazis. The other Dulles brother wasn’t any better of a person.