Oral history interview with Dean Rusk, 1986
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- Name
- Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994 (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Dean Rusk, 1986
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Dean Rusk, 1986
- Abstract
- 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; servic e 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
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Government executives--United States; Diplomats--United States; Diplomacy; Economic assistance, American; Military assistance; Petroleum industry and trade; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran Foreign relations United States; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1986
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on May 23, 1986
- Note (Provenance)
- Dean Rusk, Gift 1986
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14385597
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-nxp4-1h95
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.