Reminiscences of Jack C. Miklos, 1988.

Biographical Note

Diplomat

Scope and Contents

Early life in Moscow, Idaho; Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington; foreign service in Morocco, 1949; Iran, 1957-59: Plan Organization, 1959, economic and political situation, Central Intelligence Agency, World Bank aid, International Monetary Fund aid; graduate studies for political science and economics at Stanford, 1958-1960; Iran Director in Washington, 1969-1974; US military aid, Iranian-American relations, Nixon policy toward Iran, oil crisis of 1970s; Deputy Chief of Mission in Iran, 1974-78; discussion of AWAC aircraft; the role of SAVAK; Iran's involvement in Vietnam; American business in Iran; Iranian economy and Shah's attempts to control inflation; human rights in Iran, student demonstrations; Carter's diplomacy policies; escalating tension between Iran and United States in 1977-78; Iran's repression of riots; Shah's declining power and poor health; American embassy policy during 1977-78, William Casey and Richard Helms; evaluation of America's policy in Iran throughout the 1970s; fall of Shah; impressions of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Tom Wailes, Jamshid Amuzegar, John F. Kennedy, Ali Amini, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur II, Joe Sisco, Gary Sick, Richard Hallock, Jimmy Carter

Subjects

• Burr, William, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Diplomacy.
• Diplomats--United States--Interviews.
• Economic assistance, American.
• Interviews.
• Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
• Iran--History--Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979.
• Miklos, Jack C.--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Petroleum industry and trade.
• United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
• United States. Department of State.

Access Conditions

Copyright for sessions 1 and 2 held by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1987. Copyright for sessions 3 and 4 held by The Trustees of Columbia University of New York, 1988