Oral history interview with Ellis W. Williamson, 1988
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- Name
- Williamson, Ellis W. (Ellis Warner), 1918-2007 (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Ellis W. Williamson, 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Ellis W. Williamson, 1988
- Abstract
- Personal and family background; education; pre-Iran military experiences; duties and authority while in Iran; military assistance and development; state of Iranian infrastructure during 1960s and 1970s; the White Revolution; Iranian military capability and buildup; relationship with Shah; relationship with United States ambassadors to iran; impressions of U.S. State Department; impressions of Unite d States Department of Defense; working relationship with Iranian military; supply of weapons to Iran and United States advisory presence; training of Iranian military; Iranian regional relations; visit of Nixon and Kissinger to Iran in May 1972 activities in Iran of United States private defense industries; growth of Iranian-American relations; popular support for Shah; Iranian internal security; working relationship between United States military and diplomatic presence in Iran
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Soldiers--United States; Military assistance, American; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran Foreign relations United States; Williamson, Ellis W. (Ellis Warner), 1918-2007; United States. Department of State; United States. Department of Defense
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Military advisor
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on February 10, March 11 and April 13, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- Ellis W. Williamson, Gift 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14387124
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-emvt-2p11
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.