to remain in this state of exultancy required overlooking several crucial details. Foremost among them was the fact that neither Iran nor Guatemala had been communist states, let alone likely candidates for joining the Soviet bloc. Much to the contrary; just as they took little notice of Mossadegh before his fall, so the Soviets were so oblivious to their alleged Guatemalan fellow traveler that they didn’t even have diplomatic relations with Árbenz.
