Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Archie M. Bolster, 1988
Creator: | Bolster, Archie | Project: | Iranian-American relations project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteDiplomat
Scope and ContentsChildhood in Montana, visit to Iran as child 1946-1948; education at University of Virginia; Navy service; entered Foreign Service, 1958; consulate in Tabriz for two years; impressions of Iranian society, the Shah, the role of women, land reform; evaluation of Holmes as United States ambassador; United States influence in Iran, foreign aid; anti-Shah activity, 1962-63, "New Men;" Shah's power base, analysis of Shah in two circulated papers; American presidents' policies in Iran, military sales to Iran; returned to United States, 1966, work at INR; discussion of Shah's position on oil, Iran's political instability; appraisal of America's contact with opposition to the Shah, American ethnocentricity; assessment of revolution, the failure of policy in Washington
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1988
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