 Nenzira yokutungamirira kwaEisenhower uye kutungamirirwa kwaDulles, mabasa eCIA akawedzera pasi pechikonzero chokudzivisa kupararira kwechiKomonisiti munyika dzine urombo zvikuru; CIA yakabvisa vatungamiriri veIran muOperation Ajax, yeGuatemala kuburikidza neOperation Pbsuccess, uye zvichida Republic of Congo ichangobva kuzvimiririra Léopoldville. Muna 1954, Eisenhower aida kuwedzera kuongorora mukati meSoviet Union. Nokurudziro yaDulles, akabvumira kuiswa kwe30 Lockheed U-2s pamutengo wemamiriyoni 35 emadhora. Hurumende yaEisenhower yakarongawo Kupinda muBay of Pigs kuti ibvise Fidel Castro muCuba, uko John F. Kennedy akasiyiwa kuti aite. 