Oral history interview with Hamilton A. Twitchell, 1988

Biographical Note

Army officer

Scope and Contents

Personal history; career summary prior to posting in Iran; first experience in Iran, 1962: impressions of country, people, Shah; role and description of United States Army Advisory Group in Iran: relations with Iranians and State, Defense Departments; relations with diplomatic personnel in Iran; U.S. and Iranian security concerns in region; long range plans of Shah for military expansion, role of military in Iranian society; changing Iranian domestic situation during 1960s; impressions of counterparts in Iranian military; sale of arms and equipment to Iranian military, training and maintenance concerns; internal opposition to regime; personal impressions of contemporary Iranian politics

Subjects

• Burr, William, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Iran--Economic conditions--1945-1979.
• Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
• Iran--History--Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Soldiers--United States--Interviews.
• Twitchell, Hamilton A. (Hamilton Austin), 1911-1996--Interviews.
• United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
• United States. Department of Defense.
• United States. Department of State.
• United States. Military Mission to Iran.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1990