Reminiscences of Ellis Williamson: oral history, 1988.

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Reminiscences of Ellis Williamson: oral history, 1988.

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Personal and family background; education; pre-Iran military experiences; duties and authority while in Iran; military assistance and development; state of Iranian infrastructure during 1960s and 1970s; the White Revolution; Iranian military capability and buildup; relationship with Shah; relationship with United States ambassadors to iran; impressions of U.S. State Department; impressions of United States Department of Defense; working relationship with Iranian military; supply of weapons to Iran and United States advisory presence; training of Iranian military; Iranian regional relations; visit of Nixon and Kissinger to Iran in May 1972; activities in Iran of United States private defense industries; growth of Iranian-American relations; popular support for Shah; Iranian internal security; working relationship between United States military and diplomatic presence in Iran.

Transcript: 190 leaves.Tape: 6 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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