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In response to "Watching Charade from 1963. Twice Walter Matthau has had to explain to Audrey Hepburn who the CIA is. Guess they weren't a household name back then -- nm" by crash davis

Bay of Pigs was '61 but maybe CIA wasn't mentioned in the news. In '65 Burt Reynolds starred in "Operation C.I.A."

Posted by Max Mar 27 '21, 20:47

But readers would have known about the CIA from Felix Leiter in Fleming's 1950s novels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_C.I.A. (en.wikipedia.org)

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I've never seen Operation CIA, guess I'll put it on the 60s list -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:51 2
- heh, read the bottom of that wikipedia link -- nm - Max Mar 27, 20:53 1
  - I'll put it at the bottom of the 60s list :) -- nm - crash davis Mar 27, 20:54

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