I’m fairly certain we did not have a CIA when Maocame to power.
I don’t recall the specific dates on those . . . then put it this way . . .
the Company and it’s predecessor folks.
Recently declassified docs have documented the maneuvers we contributed . . . quite significantly . . . to his rise to power.
Just as someone’s granddaddy $$$$ helped Hitler as well, I think, as the Soviets rise to power.
A lot of this complicity I was skeptical about for most of my adult life. I think so much info has been revealed in the last 10+ years . . . I don’t have the luxury of that skepticism much left, any more.