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MacArthur, Douglas II*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

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.

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Lehfeldt, William*

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

Educational background and early career; technical and economic relations between Iran and the U.S.; on social and economic change in Iran in the 1970s; U.S. economic and financial investments in Iran; U.S. Embassy in Iran during the MacArthur and Helms ambassadorships; on economic planning in Iran; on Iran’s role in the OPEC and the decision to raise the price of oil; U.S. government and business community’s reaction to Iran’s position on oil prices; relations between U.S. and Iran’s industrial sector, and economic planners; mode of operation of American private companies and contractors in Iran; assessment of Iran’s development policies; activities of General Electric in Iran; on Iran’s private sector; on the Revolution of 1978-79 and the reasons for the fall of the Pahlavi state.

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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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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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Bolster, Archie*

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

Recollections of childhood in Iran; U.S. Consulate in Tabriz and its functions; on the state of the agricultural sector in the 1950s and after the land reform in the 1960s; assessment of the White Revolution of 1963; workings of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran; extent of intelligence gathering by the Embassy; debates over the political future of Iran at the Embassy; U.S. Embassy and the National Front; contacts between the Embassy and the clergy in the 1960s; on the events of 1963-64; U.S. policy towards Iran; assessment of CIA operations in Iran; on the Shah and his leadership style; on the conclusions presented in James Bill’s The Eagle and the Lion; U.S.-Iranian strategic relations; U.S. policy-making on Iran.

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Amini, Ali

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Joining Mosaddeq’s cabinet; Mosaddeq’s views on monarchy and his feelings for the Shah; Mosaddeq’s personal traits; relations between Ahmad Qavam and Mohammad Mosaddeq; oil and Iranian politics; on the events of 1953; on General Fazlollah Zahedi; negotiations over the oil consortium agreement; relations between the Shah and General Zahedi; Shah’s personal traits; events leading to his premiership; personal relations with the Shah; on President John F. Kennedy’s support for his premiership; an assessment of the intelligence-gathering capabilities of the state; Shah’s views on military budget and arms procurement policies; on the origins of the land reform program of 1963 and its consequences; U.S.’s position on the land reform issue; on Hasan Arsanjani; on the events of 1963-64; on the Shah’s decision-making in the months leading to the Revolution; politics of choosing a prime minister in the months preceding the Revolution; role of the military in the revolutionary ordeal; on the Shah’s illness; crises created by the Shah’s close associates; President Jimmy Carter’s position on Iran’s revolutionary situation; Shah’s aversion to the use of force in situations of crisis; on Hoveyda’s premiership; on OPEC, the Arabs, the Iranian armed forces, and the future of Iran.

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