United States Embassy in Iran 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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Stutsman, John*

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

Early diplomatic career; recollections of U.S. Embassy in Tehran in the 1940s; recollections of Mohammad Mosaddeq and other important Iranian political leaders; impressions of Iranian culture; role of Great Britain in Iran in the 1940s; U.S.-Iranian relations in the 1940s and the 1950s; recollections of the Shah at the time; on the relations between various U.S. ambassadors and the Shah; U.S. and Razmara’s premiership; on the assassination of General Razmara; U.S. policy towards the Mosaddeq government and its role in the fall of the Mosaddeq government; relations between Ambassador Grady and Mosaddeq; evolution of U.S.’s position on the events of 1953; on “Operation AJAX”; Iranian politics in the post-1953 period; U.S. policy towards Iran following the fall of Mosaddeq.

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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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Meyer, Armin*

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

Relations between the Kennedy administration and Iran; U.S. views on General Teymur Bakhtiyar; Amini’s premiership, the Shah, and the U.S.; on the White Revolution; events of 1963-64; Iran-U.S. relations in the late 1960s; Shah’s views on the U.S. and its policy towards Iran; on U.S. intelligence activity in Iran; on arms sales to Iran; on the Shah and his leadership style; on U.S. policy making towards Iran; Nixon and Kissinger’s positions on Iran; assessment of Iranian politics in the late 1960s.

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Metrinko, Michael*

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

Family and educational background; memories of work as Peace Corp volunteer in Iran in the early 1970s; on Iran’s Kurds; on Iran’s Literacy Corps; Iranian political attitudes in the 1970s; on the U.S. Embassy’s Visa Section in Tehran; On the socioeconomic change in Iran in the l970s; on the U.S. Embassy operations in Iran; on the political activities of the U.S. Consulate in Tabriz; on the opposition, demonstrations and riots in Tabriz in l977-78; on the Rastakhiz Party in Tabriz; on pro-government demonstrations; on the burning of Cinema Rex in Abadan; public attitude toward the U.S.; U.S. Embassy’s reactions to the events; on rumors of large-scale resignations of Iranian Air Force officers in Tabriz and Shiraz; emergence of revolutionary organizations in Tabriz; take-over of the Consulate in Tabriz by the revolutionaries; U.S. policy toward the new political order; first occupation of the Embassy and revolutionary factions’ rivalry for its control; U.S. Embassy take-over and the taking of the hostages; memories of stay in Iran as a hostage.

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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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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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