National Security Council Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Sun, 10 Jul 2022 23:33:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png National Security Council Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Komer, Robert* https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/komer-robert/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/komer-robert/ Educational history and early career; working of the National Security Council during the Kennedy presidency; relations between the Shah and President Kennedy; on the Shah’s request for arms from the...

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]]> Educational history and early career; working of the National Security Council during the Kennedy presidency; relations between the Shah and President Kennedy; on the Shah’s request for arms from the Kennedy administration; on the origins of the White Revolution; Kenneth Hansen and U.S.’s economic reform program for Iran; U.S.’s position on the Shah’s reform initiative; recollections of trip to Iran with Vice President Johnson; use of arms sales to influence the Shah; Iran’s place in U.S.’s geostrategic concerns; relations between President Kennedy and Ali Amini; CIA’s views on Iranian politics in the 1960s.

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