Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1953 Dulles akava DCI wechishanu pasi paPurezidhendi Eisenhower. John Foster Dulles, mukoma waDulles, akanga ari Munyori weHurumende waEisenhower. Pasi peDDP Helms akapiwa basa rekudzivirira sangano pakurwiswa nekutyisidzirwa naSenator Joseph McCarthy, uye zvakare mukugadzirwa kwe "chokwadi serum" uye zvimwe zvinodhaka zve "kudzora pfungwa" maererano neCIA inopokana Project MKUltra. Ari muWashington, Helms aitarisira mugero weBerlin, basa rokuongorora ra1953-1954 iro rakazoita misoro mikuru yamapepanhau. Pamusoro pebasa reCIA, Helms akafunga kuti mashoko anowanwa nokuvanda anobatsira zvikuru mukufamba kwenguva kupfuura basa rine ngozi zvikuru munhau yenzira rinobatanidzwa mumabasa akavanzika, ayo aigona kuva nemigumisiro yakaipa mune zvematongerwe enyika. Pasi pomukuru wake nomurayiridzi DDP Wisner, CIA yakaronga mashandiro akadaro akavanzika, ayo akaparira chinjo yehurumende muIran muna 1953 neGuatemala muna 1954 nokupindira muCongo muna 1960. Munguva yenhamo mu
Suez neHungary muna 1956 DDP Wisner akavhiringidzwa nokusatendeka kwevakabatana uye kurasikirwa nomukana unokosha wehondo inotonhora. Wisner akabva muna 1958. Achidarika Helms, DCI Dulles akagadza Richard Bissell saDDP mutsva, uyo akanga atarisira ndege yokuongorora yeU-2.