Where did the idea for the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat originate?

Where did the idea for the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat originate?

Ronald Kessler (Author of "The Terrorist Watch: Inside The Desperate Race To Stop The Next Attack") gives expert video advice on: Where did the idea for the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat originate?; How was Operation AJAX carried out by the CIA?; What was the outcome of Operation AJAX? and more...

This was an idea that originated with the Brits, but is something that the whole U.S. government was involved in. It was an effort to topple the Iranian leader Mosaddeq. The idea was that they were trying to impede world supplies to the U.S. It was the way that things were done in those days. The problem is that when the CIA would topple a government, which it also did in Guatemala, very often it was replaced by a worse government. So it was sort of a very short-sighted effort, and I think we've learned that actions like that are, really not, very good ideas.