Oral history interview with John N. Irwin II, 1988
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- Name
- Irwin, John N. (John Nichol) (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with John N. Irwin II, 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of John N. Irwin II, 1988
- Abstract
- Early positions and duties at the Defense Dept., International Security Affairs (ISA); ISA role in Iran during Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; negotiations in Peru--nationalization of International Petroleum Corporation (IPC), 1969; impressions of Shah, Secretary of State John F. Dulles; foreign policy process: Eisenhower and Nixon administrations; relevance of a law background to work in gov ernment, Patterson, Belknap, and Webb; Middle-East petroleum negotiations, 1970-1972
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Diplomats; Petroleum industry and trade; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Iran Politics and government 1941-1979; Iran Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Iran; Irwin, John N. (John Nichol); Shell International Petroleum Company; United States. Department of Defense
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on April 23, 1987 and April 7, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- John N. Irwin II, Gift 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14384356
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-db5e-td04
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.