Israeli-Iranian Relations Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Yatsevitch, Colonel Gratian*

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

Educational background; beginnings of career at CIA; CIA’s objectives and operations in Iran in the 1950s; recollections of Allen Dulles; U.S. strategic interest in Iran in the 1950s; impressions of the Shah, and memories of their meetings; on the Shah’s goals and objectives; CIA’s views on the Shah; relations between the U.S. and Iran during the Eisenhower administration; recollections of the early years of SAVAK and General Teymur Bakhtiyar; recollections of Ambassadors Chapin, Wailes and Holmes, and their relations with the Shah; on social and economic change in Iran; debates between CIA analysts over political stability in Iran; U.S. contacts with and assessments of the opposition to the Shah in the 1950s and 1960s; on General Qarane’i’s alleged coup plans; extent of the loyalty of the armed forces to the Shah in the 1950s and 1960s; relations between the National Front and the Kennedy administration; on U.S. and the premiership of Ali Amini; working of oil consortiums in Iran; on the riots at Tehran University in 1961; recollections of Amir Asadollah Alam and Hasan Arsanjani; on the White Revolution of 1963; Johnson’s trip to Iran; Iran-Soviet relations; Israel’s relations with Iran; extent of cooperations between CIA and SAVAK; on U.S. listening posts in Iran; on events of 1963-64; economic development and corruption.

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Tiger, M. Gordon

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

Recollections of early experiences with Iran in the 1950s; on the working of the U.S. Embassy in Iran in the 1950s and early 1960s; Iranian economy in the 1950s; impact of the events of 1953 on U.S.-Iranian relations; on the Point Four Program in Iran; CIA’s assessment of the opposition to the Shah in the 1960s; relations between Iran and Israel in the 1950s; U.S.-Iranian relations in the 1950s; on Secretary McNamara’s position on arms sales to Iran; on Ambassadors Wailes and Holmes; Robert Kennedy’s meeting with student dissidents and its effect on U.S.-Iranian relations; U.S. policy towards Iran in the 1960s; U.S. contacts with Iranian opposition groups; U.S. aid to Iran in the 1960s; on the Shah’s threat to purchase arms from the Soviet Union; effect of the White Revolution on Iranian politics and U.S.-Iranian relations.

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Pejman, Colonel Issa

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

Intelligence activities against Tudeh Party cells in the military; recollections of General Razmara’s premiership; on the events of 1953; structure and operations of SAVAK’s Kurdish Affairs Bureau; recollections of Mulla Mustafa Barzani; on the plan for joint Iranian, American and Israeli assistance to the Iraqi Kurds; on the contacts between Iranian and Iraqi Kurds; recollections of General Teymur Bakhtiyar and his activities in Iraq; impact of the military coup of 1958 in Iraq on Iran-Iraq relations; rapport between Iran and Iraq during the Qasem and Aref regimes; recollections of Aref’s trip to Iran; memory of a meeting with Saddam Hossein; on the Algiers Accord of 1975.

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Helms, Richard*

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

Reminiscences of early schooling with the Shah in Switzerland; assessment of the role of the CIA in the events of 1953; CIA’s relations with the Shah after 1953; CIA’s role in the creation of SAVAK; impressions of the Shah after their meeting in 1957; relations between President Kennedy and the Shah; on the Amini premiership; President Johnson’s policy towards Iran; CIA’s agreement with the Shah over exchange of intelligence; U.S. listening posts along the Iran-Soviet border; U.S. policy towards Iran during the Nixon administration; on Iran’s decision to purchase F-14 fighter jets; Iran-U.S. collaborations on assistance to the Kurds in the 1970s; recollections of ambassadorship to Iran; on the Iranian political elite; concern over the question of succession to the Shah in the 1970s; on the Shah’s illness; on predicting the Revolution; on the political relevance of the National Front; on the establishment of the Rastakhiz Party; extent of CIA’s information on Khomeini’s activities; debates about OPEC and the rise in the price of oil; Iran’s place in U.S. regional policy in the 1970s; Iran’s role during the Dhofar Rebellion of 1973; relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the 1970s; Iran’s role in the Sinai Disengagement Treaty of 1975; on the Shah’s psychology and personal qualities; on Iran’s arms procurements from the U.S.; on the issue of human rights.

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