 In November 1952 , Dwight Eisenhower was elected president of the US . Eisenhower 's campaign had included a pledge for a more active anti @-@ communist policy . Several figures in his administration , including Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and his brother and CIA director Allen Dulles had close ties to the United Fruit Company . Both of these factors made Eisenhower predisposed to supporting the overthrow of Árbenz . 
