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Interview with MacArthur, Douglas II*

Date

May 29, 1985

Location

Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Burr, William

Language

English

Abstract

Views on the Shah; relations between Iran and the U.S. in the early 1970s; on Iran’s procurement of military arms and equipment from the U.S.; on military relations and contact between Iran and the U.S.; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Nixon administration; assessment of the Iranian economy in the early 1970s; recollection of an attempt by the Fada’iyan-e Khalq guerillas to kidnap him; rise in the price of oil and its effect on U.S.-Iranian relations; on the role of the National Front in the politics of the early 1970s; on Iran’s exertion of power in the Persian Gulf in the 1970s; Iran’s regional policy.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Transcripts

Dougla-MacArthur-II-Vol-I Dougla-MacArthur-II-Vol-II Dougla-MacArthur-II-Vol-III Dougla-MacArthur-II-Vol-IIII

Contents

64pp. + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

MacArthur, Douglas II*

U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1969-1973.