“There can be no doubt whatsoever that this campaign had reached a very large audience.” The CIA Art Department prepared posters and handbills, copied them by the tens of thousands, and flew them into Tehran. These materials purported to show that Mossadeq was a tool of the communists and had secretly secured the support of the Tudeh Party to sustain him in power. The propaganda also asserted that he was planning to lash out against religious leaders and the army.
