John Foster Dulles and Alan Dulles

Under the Republican Administration of Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles and his brother Alan were placed in positions of great influence. John Foster was the Secretary of State and Alan sat as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency. Both were essential Cold Warriors, convinced of an international conspiracy to increase the communist sphere of influence and construct a beach-head in the Western Hemisphere. This virulent anti-communism and their own personal ties to United Fruit made them perfect connections in the U.S. government to implement an ouster of Jacobo Arbenz.