Here's nearly the same exact story in a 1955 American anti-communist propaganda piece. Start at 3:20 https://archive.org/details/0038_Americas_Distribution_of_

Here's nearly the same exact story in a 1955 American anti-communist propaganda piece. Start at 3:20 https://archive.org/details/0038_Americas_Distribution_of_Wealth_14_00_52_00 https://archive.org/details/0038_Americas_Distribution_of_We... I have no doubt this happened, but my gut says the US govt set this up to help him make the transition look like a principled decision rather than an outright loss. I'm sure the CIA was more than happy to help him with PR side of things.