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Early in the afternoon of August 26, 1953, a 37-year old CIA officer, Kermit “Kim” Roosevelt, was ushered quietly into Number 10, Downing Street. Led to a living room by a military aide, Roosevelt found the prime minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, lying in a bed, propped up by pillows. The veteran PM had recently suffered a stroke and was clearly in bad shape. “He had great difficulty in hearing; occasional difficulty in articulating; and apparent difficulty seeing to his left,”
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