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Reminiscences of Dean Rusk, 1986.

Creator: Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Project: Iranian-American relations project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 46 pages Sound recording 2 audiocassettes
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Diplomat

Scope and Contents

Early experience with United States State Department following World War II; tenure as Secretary of State, Kennedy administration; impressions of Shah, White Revolution; State Department interaction with Shah, efforts to encourage reform; Shah's visit to Washington; influence United States military aid to Iran; strategic value of Iran; reflections on United States role in Third World reform; service during Johnson administration: Iran relations, United States arm sales, foreign economic aid; Shah's interest in arms, material; impressions of Iranian opposition to the Shah; 1967 Iran-Russian barter agreement; British withdrawal from Suez and Persian Gulf: impact on United States policy, United States-Iran relations; Iran and oil sales; impressions of Shah's later years, coming of revolution; policy-making and advisors during tenure as Secretary of State

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Copyright by the Oral History of Iran Archives, 1987

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