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What was the purpose of CIA covert operations, particularly in developing nations?

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After World War 2, the dominant geo-political battle was between the United States and the Soviet Union.

This could be boiled down to a fight between communism and capitalism.

As such, the CIA worked on behalf of the capitalist system in developing countries to ensure that they remained outside the grasp of communism.

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