Oral history interview with Douglas MacArthur II, 1985
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- Name
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1909- (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Douglas MacArthur II, 1985
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Douglas MacArthur II, 1985
- Abstract
- Decision to join the Foreign Service; Ambassador to France during German occupation, 1940-1942; State Department counselor, 1953-1957; impressions of Iran during early 1950s; Ambassador to Japan: United States-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security; Ambassador to Iran, 1969; impressions of the Shah of Iran; political stance of educated youth in Iran; problems leading to downfall of Shah's regime; sale of arms to Iran; the Shah's foreign policy in the Middle East; politics involving the sale of oil
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Diplomats--United States; Ambassadors--United States; Diplomacy; Petroleum industry and trade; United States Foreign relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations United States; Iran Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; United States Politics and government 1945-1989; MacArthur, Douglas, 1909-; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1985
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on May 29, 1985
- Note (Provenance)
- Douglas MacArthur II, Gift 1985
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14384509
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-8c3j-1y94
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.