Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Wright, Sir Denis

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:12 +0000

Recollections of service in Iran in the 1950s and of first meeting with the Shah; on the re-establishment of relations between Iran and Britain after the events of 1953; on the policies of Prime Minister Mosaddeq, Britain’s views on his government, and the events which led to his fall from power; on the Shah’s decision to sign a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union; on CENTO; recollections of Seyyed Ziyaoddin Tabataba’i; impressions of the Iranian political scene as ambassador to Iran, 1963-71; on various Iranian political leaders; on the negotiations between Iran and Great Britain over Bahrain; changes in the Iranian leaders’ dealings with foreign powers; recollections of the events of 1963-64; on Anglo-Iranian relations between 1963 and 1971; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79; Soviet policy towards Iran; on the Shah’s suspicion of British intentions and his sensitivity to British policies.

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Rusk, Dean*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:36 +0000

Recollections of the Azarbayjan Crisis of 1945-46; U.S.-Iran relations during the Kennedy administration; role of CENTO in U.S.-Iranian relations; disputes between the Kennedy administration and the Iranian government on arms sales to Iran; U.S. and the White Revolution; U.S. policy towards the Shah in the 1960s; Iran in U.S. geopolitical considerations; U.S. policy on Iran during the Johnson administration.

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Raji, Parviz

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Recollections of childhood and early career; reminiscences of employment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on the working of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Abbas Aram as Minister of Foreign Affairs; on Prime Minister Hoveyda and his personal traits; relations between the Shah and Hoveyda; Hoveyda’s views on political change in Iran; recollections of Princess Ashraf; on Princess Ashraf’s trip to China and early contacts between Tehran and Beijing; on Anglo-Iranian relations in the late-1970s; on the Shah’s sensitivity to British criticism; on the roots of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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Parsons, Sir Anthony

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:02 +0000

Early contacts with Iran; on the events of 1953 and the formation of the Baghdad Pact; on the Shah’s role in resolving the Bahrain issue; Britain’s economic interests in Iran in the 1970s; on Britain’s departure from the Persian Gulf in 1971; Britain’s commercial, industrial and military relations with Iran; recollections of Prime Minister Hoveyda; personal impressions of the Shah and his leadership style; Shah’s view of British policy on Iran; on Iranians’ distrust of the British; recollections of the politicization of university campuses in Iran; on charges of Britain’s complicity in the Iranian Revolution; on Iranian politics in the late 1970s; on various Iranian public figures; on the roots of the Revolution; impressions of Westernization of Iran and its political consequences; assessment of industrial development in Iran; recollections of Iranian politics during the revolutionary upheaval; Shah’s consultations with the interviewee and Ambassador Sullivan; Britain’s position on the Shah’s decision to leave Iran; on the B.B.C.’s alleged role in inciting opposition to the Shah; on Queen Farah.

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Miklos, Jack*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000

Overview of U.S.-Iranian relations; U.S. policy towards Iran; on Iran’s policy of arms procurement; on the Shah and his leadership style; assessment of the political stability of the Pahlavi regime in the 1970s; on academia’s criticisms of U.S. policy towards Iran; U.S. information gathering in Iran; working of the U.S. Embassy in Iran; on Ambassadors Helms and Sullivan; political analysis at the Embassy in Tehran; debates between U.S. political officers at the Embassy on the future of Iranian politics; Iran’s regional policy; economic planning in Iran and its political implications; on CIA operations in Iran; relations between the Embassy staff and opposition groups; on U.S. policy making on Iran; on U.S.-Iranian economic and private investment relations in the 1970s; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Carter presidency; revolutionary movement and the U.S. reaction to it; balance-sheet of U.S.-Iranian relations.

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Irwin, John*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

The Eisenhower administration’s policy towards Iran; geopolitical concerns of the Eisenhower administration; on the strategic foundation and working of CENTO; beginnings of Iran’s security arrangements with the U.S.; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Eisenhower administration; relations between the administration and the Shah; assessment of U.S. policy on Iran in the 1950s; on OPEC and Iran’s role in the rise in the price of oil; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Nixon administration.

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Assar, Nasir

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:01 +0000

Structure and history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; on relations between Iran and Turkey; structure and operations of CENTO; recollections of the roles of Hosein Ala and Ahmad Qavam in the Azarbayjan Crisis; relations between Iran and Iraq and the Algiers Accords of 1975; Soviet Union’s position on CENTO; relations between CENTO and Israel; structure and operations of the Endowments Organization; on the causes of the Revolution of 1978-79.

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