Point Four Program Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

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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Shahmirzadi, Hasan

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

Education and family background; joining Point IV; background and development of public administration as concept and process in Point Four; relations with prime minister’s office and various ministries; personality and role of Ashraf Ahmadi as Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Reorganization; changes in the roles of the Point Four Iranian and American personnel over time; on Iranians in Point Four Program as future leaders in development; on Iran-e No group in the 1950s–membership, future and political evolution; Jamshid Amuzegar, Abdorreza Ansari, Khalil Taleqani as intellectual leaders of development ideology in Iran-e No group; Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Agriculture; on the background of the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA); role of David Lillienthal and the Development and Resources Corporation in setting up KWPA; IBRD’s conditions for extending $42 million loan to Iran; developing KWPA’s organizational structure and personnel and budget policies; leadership and esprit de corp in KWPA; relations with local governmental units; dealing with the newly established Ministry of Water and Power on policy and problems of turf; Mansur Rowhani as Minister of Water and Power; politics of accommodating central ministries; Shah’s interest and role in the development of Khuzestan; policy of training Iranian cadres to replace foreign experts; relations with the Plan and Budget Organization under different Directors–Abolhasan Ebtehaj, Khosrow Hedayat, Ahmad Aramesh, Safi Asfiya; on Abdorreza Ansari as Managing Director of KWPA and Minister of Interior; on relations with Ahmad Ahmadi as colleague; Abdorreza Ansari at the Ministry of Interior–policies and management techniques; on setting up model city government–councils, managers and mayors; on reasons for leaving public service; on Pars Paper Corporation; on working with Princess Ashraf as managing director of Khezer Shahr Development Project.

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Mahmudi, Kambiz

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

Recollections of childhood in Kerman; memories of life in Mashhad under Soviet occupation; employment with the Point Four Program; recollections of the National Front and the Tudeh Party and their activities; beginnings of Iran’s television broadcasting; early years of the television industry in Iran; television and government policy; television and the land reform; creation of the National Iranian Radio and Television Organization (NIRT); relations between NIRT and the U.S. armed forces’ television; structure, mode of operation and agenda of NIRT; Reza Qotbi’s leadership at NIRT; NIRT’s program development; NIRT’s general outlook and its political implications; influence of the left in NIRT; news analysis at NIRT; educational television in Iran and its impact; NIRT and the revolutionary upheaval.

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Bahar, Habib

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

Family background; on the political activities of the Bahar family; recollections of Reza Shah’s relations with his subordinates; employment with the Point IV Program in Khorasan; on Khorasan Governors Ahmad Mehran and General Sadeq Amir Azizi; on the state of rural development in Iran; balance-sheet of the land reform program; on the religious establishment and land reform; causes of the events of 1963-64; recollections of Ali Shari`ati, Mas`ud Rajavi and Taher Ahmadzadeh; conversations with Shari`ati and Mas`ud Rajavi; on the functioning of the Majles; recollections of Mozaffar Baqa’i-Kermani; memories of meeting with General Gholam Reza Azhari following his premiership; on General Abbas Qarabaghi and Jamshid Amuzegar; reactions in the Majles to the Revolution; personal experiences with the politics of the Revolution in Mashhad; Majles’ review of SAVAK in 1978; on the causes of the Revolution; meeting with the Shah prior to the monarch’s departure from Iran in 1979; on Ayatollah Ali Khamene’i, Shaykh Ali Tehrani and Ayatollah Va`ez-e Tabasi.

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Ansari, Abdolreza

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

Recollections of childhood, family and education; on meeting Director William Warne of the Point IV Program; Point IV operations in Iran; on young Iranians’ contributions to Point IV and other development projects; on phasing out of the Point IV; on Iran-e No group; on Mohammad Moqaddam and Jamshid Amuzegar in the Iran-e No group; on Fakhreddin Shademan and Khalil Taleqani; as treasurer general; Iran’s economic and financial conditions before the White Revolution of 1963; streamlining the Ministry of Finance and the national budget; as Minister of Labor; on Manuchehr Eqbal as prime minister; on the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority: background, structure, operations, accomplishments; on David Lillienthal; as governor of Khuzestan; on Hasan Ali Mansur as leader of the Progressive Circle (Kanun-e Moteraqqi) and as prime minister; on the Shah’s support for development projects; as Minister of Interior; national elections of l967; on the problems with the Iran Novin Party; on relations with Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Ardeshir Zahedi; on the circumstances of leaving the Ministry of Interior; on the celebrations of the 2500 years of Iranian Monarchy; as Princess Ashraf’s deputy in socio-cultural affairs; as managing director of the Imperial Organization for Social Services.

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Alimard, Amin

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

Recollections of childhood, family and education; on the Russians in Tabriz during the Allied occupation of Iran; on activities in school during the war; coming to Tehran; School and university in Tehran; involvement in literary activity; employment in the National Railroad System; recollections of military service; editing Jahan-e No literary journal; on Iranian intellectuals during the 1940s and 1950s; on the Tehran political scene in the 1940s; on getting scholarship to the American University of Beirut; education in Beirut; Public Administration Program at the University of Southern California; teaching at the newly established National University of Iran; as deputy minster of interior for political and parliamentary affairs in 1974-75; on Baqer Namazi, Mostafa Alamuti, Holaku Rambod, Gholam Reza Afkhami; on Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Interior and as Prime Minister; as Secretary General of the State Organization for Administration and Employment; streamlining state administrative system; David Lillienthal’s Development and Resources Organization in Iran; on John Macy; vision of Iran’s future; on the Sharif-Emami cabinet; serving with General Gholam Reza Azhari; keeping appointment with Shapur Bakhtiyar on his last day in office; on the Iranian Revolution; on the Shah; on Queen Farah.

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