Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Eisenhower, yayin da yake karɓar ka'idar ƙuntatawa, ya nemi ya yi adawa da Tarayyar Soviet ta hanyar da ta fi dacewa kamar yadda aka bayyana a cikin rahoton Tsaro na NSC 68. Gwamnatin Eisenhower da Hukumar Leken Asiri ta CIA sun yi amfani da ayyukan ɓoye don tsoma baki tare da gwamnatocin kwaminisanci da ake zargi a ƙasashen waje. An fara amfani da ayyukan ɓoye a kan zababben Firayim Ministan Iran, Mohammed Mosaddeq, wanda ya haifar da
1953 juyin mulkin Iran. CIA ta kuma sa sojoji na Guatemala suka yi juyin mulki a shekara ta 1954 wanda ya kifar da Shugaba Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, wanda jami'an Amurka suka ɗauka cewa yana da abokantaka sosai da Tarayyar Soviet. Masu sukar sun samar da ka'idodin makirci game da abubuwan da ke haifar da hakan, amma a cewar masanin tarihi Stephen M. Streeter, takardun CIA sun nuna cewa Kamfanin 'Ya'yan itace na United (UFCO) bai taka rawar gani ba a cikin shawarar Eisenhower, cewa gwamnatin Eisenhower ba ta buƙatar tilasta yin aiki da kowane rukuni na lobby, kuma cewa tasirin Soviet a Guatemala ya yi kadan.