Name
Bolster, Archie (Interviewee)
Burr, William (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Archie M. Bolster, 1988
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Archie M. Bolster, 1988
Abstract
Childhood in Montana, visit to Iran as child 1946-1948; education at University of Virginia; Navy service; entered Foreign Service, 1958; consulate in Tabriz for two years; impressions of Iranian society, the Shah, the role of women, land reform; evaluation of Holmes as United States ambassador; United States influence in Iran, foreign aid; anti-Shah activity, 1962-63, "New Men;" Shah's power base, analysis of Shah in two circulated papers; American presidents' policies in Iran, military sales to Iran; returned to United States, 1966, work at INR; discussion of Shah's position on oil, Iran's political instability; appraisal of America's contact with opposition to the Shah, American ethnocentricity; assessment of revolution, the failure of policy in Washington
Collection Name
Iranian-American relations project
Subjects
Diplomats; Economic assistance, American; Iran Description and travel; Iran History Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979; Iran Politics and government 1941-1979; Iran Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations Iran; Bolster, Archie; United States. Department of State
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1988
Note (Biographical)
Diplomat
Note
Interviewed by William Burr on February 23, March 24 and May 3, 1988
Note (Provenance)
Archie M. Bolster, Gift 1988
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
14384012
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-zasa-f140
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.