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Interview with Williamson, General Ellis*

Date

February 10, March 11, and April 13, 1988

Location

Washington, D.C.

Interviewer

Burr, William

Language

English

Abstract

Educational background and early career; recollections of tenure of office in Iran; on the structure and operations of the Iranian armed forces; nature and extent of Iran’s arms procurements from the U.S.; pattern and extent of growth of the Iranian armed forces; military planning in Iran; recollections of Iran’s various military commanders; U.S. foreign policy towards Iran; U.S. views on the sale of arms to Iran; on the Shah, his strategic views and policies; U.S. interests in arms sales to Iran; Iran’s role in U.S.’s geostrategic considerations; on the political situation in Iran in the early 1970s.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

Transcripts

Ellis-Williamson-Part-I Ellis-Williamson-Part-II Ellis-Williamson-Part-III Ellis-Williamson-Part-IIII Ellis-Williamson-Part-V Ellis-Williamson-Part-VI Ellis-Williamson-Part-VII

Contents

190pp. + summary + biographical note + index

About the interviewee

Williamson, General Ellis*

Military Officer; Chief of U.S. Military Advisory Mission in Iran (ARMISH-MAAG), 1971-1973.