Oral history interview with Jack C. Miklos, 1988
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- Name
- Miklos, Jack C (Interviewee)
- Burr, William (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jack C. Miklos, 1988
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Jack C. Miklos, 1988
- Abstract
- Early life in Moscow, Idaho; Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington; foreign service in Morocco, 1949; Iran, 1957-59: Plan Organization, 1959, economic and political situation, Central Intelligence Agency, World Bank aid, International Monetary Fund aid; graduate studies for political science and economics at Stanford, 1958-1960; Iran Director in Washington, 1969-1974; US military aid, Iranian-Ame rican relations, Nixon policy toward Iran, oil crisis of 1970s; Deputy Chief of Mission in Iran, 1974-78; discussion of AWAC aircraft; the role of SAVAK; Iran's involvement in Vietnam; American business in Iran; Iranian economy and Shah's attempts to control inflation; human rights in Iran, student demonstrations; Carter's diplomacy policies; escalating tension between Iran and United States in 1977-78; Iran's repression of riots; Shah's declining power and poor health; American embassy policy during 1977-78, William Casey and Richard Helms; evaluation of America's policy in Iran throughout the 1970s; fall of Shah; impressions of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Tom Wailes, Jamshid Amuzegar, John F. Kennedy, Ali Amini, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur II, Joe Sisco, Gary Sick, Richard Hallock, Jimmy Carter
- Collection Name
- Iranian-American relations project
- Subjects
- Diplomats--United States; Diplomacy; Economic assistance, American; Petroleum industry and trade; United States Foreign relations Iran; Iran Foreign relations United States; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Miklos, Jack C; United States. Department of State
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1988
- Note (Biographical)
- Diplomat
- Note
- Interviewed by William Burr on July 28 and 31, 1986 and June 21 and 30, 1988
- Note (Provenance)
- Jack C. Miklos, Gift 1988
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14385379
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-9fh1-xa55
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.