Oral history interview with Theodore L. Eliot, 1986
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- Name
- Eliot, Theodore L (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Theodore L. Eliot, 1986
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Theodore L. Eliot, 1986
- Abstract
- Early experiences in United States Foreign Service; Financial Officer of U.S. Embassy, Tehran; political and economic problems facing regime of the Shah of Iran in 1960s; U.S. defense credit program to Iran; impressions of the Shah, Julius Holmes, Armin Meyer; problems of the Shah's reform programs; Iranian dealings with the Soviet Union; Country Director for Iran, U.S. State Department, 1966-1969; relations between the Shah and U.S. oil companies; British withdrawal from the Persian Gulf, 1971; Shah's visits to U.S.; U.S. policy towards Iran during early stages of Nixon administration; Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1973
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Diplomats; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Iran Politics and government 1941-1979; Iran Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran Economic conditions 1945-1979; Eliot, Theodore L; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1986
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on July 29 and 30, 1986
- Note (Provenance)
- Theodore L. Eliot, Gift 1986
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14384134
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-agfn-4q26
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.