Index

• Abbas, Ferhat, 54, 58n
• Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. See Ibn Saud.
• Abdullah ibn Hussein, 23n , 635, 798
• Acheson, Dean:
  • Correspondence with: Lincoln MacVeagh, 262–263; Fedor T. Orekhov, 847–848; President Truman, 843, 873–874; Edwin G. Wilson, 916–917
  • Views and memoranda on: Egypt, 78n ; Greece, 157–158, 258–259; Iran, 293–294, 313–314, 347, 525–527; Palestine, 583–584, 595–596, 625n , 673–674, 723–726; Turkey, 843, 873–874
• Açikalin, Cevat, 807n
• Afifi, Hafez, 445–446, 472
• Aghnides, Th., 274
• Agreements. See under individual countries; and Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Agricultural mission, U.S., to Near Eastern countries, 64
• Aguirre de Career, Manuel, 575
• Ailianos, Michael, 176, 181, 190
• Akdur, Fair, 897n , 898
• Ala, Hussein, 30, 292n , 295–297, 313–314, 336, 339, 365–366, 389, 398, 402–403, 407, 418–419, 423–424, 450–451, 457, 466–468, 476, 480–482, 486–487, 489, 491–493, 506, 523–527, 532–533, 554–559
• Albania, See under Greece.
• Alexander, Albert V., 913–914
• Algeria, U.S. interest in Communist activity in, 58–59, 59n
• Allen, George V., 48–49, 349–350, 453–565 passim
• Alling, Paul H., 53–54, 60n
• Ammoun, Fouad, 790–792
• Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., 41–43, 48–50, 371
• Antonov, Nikola, 810–812
• Arab League. See League of Arab States under Palestine.
• Arab principalities of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, U.S. policy toward, 65–68
• Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco), 18–30, 41–43, 741–742
• Aras, Rüstü, 879
• Arfa, Gen. Hassan, 438
• Armstrong, Mr., 697
• Artajo, Martěn, 575n
• Attlee, Clement R. (see also under Palestine: Truman: Correspondence), 589–590, 631, 675, 685, 700–701, 723, 807
• Aydelotte, Frank, 577
• Azerbaijan. See under Iran.
• Azzam, Abdul Rahman, 582, 593, 676, 683
• Bahrein, 45, 65–68, 440
• Bakalbassis, Anastasios, 181, 190
• Baker, Lt. Gen. Sir Evelyn, 705
• Balfour, Arthur James, 628n , 734
• Balfour, John, 71–72, 620–622, 849
• Balfour Declaration (1917), 628n , 734
• Barbour, Walworth, 182–183
• Barnes, Maynard B., 269–270, 272
• Baxter, William O., 147, 166, 179–180, 185–186, 200, 247–249, 258–259
• Bayat, Morteza Qoli, 352
• Baydur, Hüseyin Ragip, 805n , 876–877, 899n , 906–907
• Beeley, Harold, 678–679, 710
• Belkacem, Hamdi, 925–926
• Benard, Jean Pierre, 757
• Ben-Gurion, David, 723, 728, 736
• Beriya, Muhammed, 562
• Bevin, Ernest, activities and views regarding: Egypt, 69, 70n , 72–74, 92n ; Greece, 104–105, 108–111, 113–114, 117–118, 124–125, 148–149, 155; Iran, 320, 325n , 326n , 550–551; Palestine, 584–585, 587–588, 621, 626, 684n , 689–690, 696, 723, 727; Syria and Lebanon, 753, 763–764, 767, 769–770, 784–785; Trans-Jordan, 794n ; Turkey, 804, 807, 850–851
• Beynet, Gen. Paul-Etienne, 762
• Bidault, Georges, 108, 753, 764, 769, 770n
• Bohlen, Charles E., 106–108, 307n , 323, 441–442, 763n
• Bonnet, Henri, 391–393
• Bonsal, Philip W., 575
• Bourghiba, Habib, 62–63
• Bowker, Reginald J., 79
• Brodetsky, Selig, 736
• Bromley, Thomas E., 36
• Brook, Sir Norman, 638n , 649
• Bulgaria. See under Greece.
• Bullard, Sir Reader W., 291n , 295, 299–301, 362
• Bursley, Herbert S., 829, 860–872
• Buxton, Frank W., 577
• Byrnes, James F.:
  • Conversations with: Ernest Bevin, 72n ; V. Molotov, 441–442; Hasan Saka, 809–810
  • Correspondence with: Ernest Bevin, 726–727; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, 686
  • Views regarding: Greece, 121–122, 139, 155n , 156–157, 174–175, 177–179, 223–224, 227, 245n , 283n ; Iran, 309, 317, 350–351, 382–383, 385, 388–393, 396–397, 407, 521; Palestine, 580–581, 584–585, 670–675; Trans-Jordan independence, 798–799; Troop withdrawal in Levant, 765–766; Turkey, 823, 858n , 873n , 913–914; United Nations, 756
• Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 108, 207, 219, 385, 391–393, 426, 445–446, 476, 479, 483, 487, 489, 726, 762
• Caffery, Jefferson, 54–56, 59n , 61, 574–575, 759–761, 777–780
• Campbell, Sir Ronald, 70–71
• Canellopoulos. See Kanellopoulos.
• Cassady, Rear Adm. John H., 60n
• Chicherin, Georgy Vasilyevich, 817
• Childs, J. Rives, 635–636, 641, 925–926
• Churchill, Winston S., 74, 723
• Clark, Harlan B., 925
• Clayton, William L., 40–43, 209–213, 225–226, 693–695
• Cohen, Benjamin V., 266, 323, 442, 775n
• Collado, Emilio G., 907
• Colquitt, Adrian B., 568–569
• Communist activities in North Africa, U.S. interest in, 51–63
• Compagnie Française des Petroles, 38–40
• Conference of Berlin (Potsdam Conference), 1945, 109
• Conferences at Malta and Yalta, 1945, 107
• Connolly, Maj. Gen. Donald H., 232n , 546n
• Conventions. See Treaties, conventions, etc.
• Council of Foreign Ministers, 110, 173n , 804
• Cramer, Ambrose C., 901
• Cramer, L. W., 625
• Crawford, Gen. Kenneth N., 186
• Crick, Wilfred P., 577
• Crossman, Richard H. S., 577
• Crum, Bartley C., 577
• Cyrenaica, 72, 72n
• Daftary, A. A., 349–350
• Damaskinos, Archbishop, 99n , 116, 118, 129–133, 162
• Dardanelles. See Turkey: Straits question.
• Davchevich, Gen. Petko, 265
• Declaration regarding Iran, 1943, 289, 310, 341
• de Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 61
• Dekanozov, Vladimir Georgiyevich, 581, 856
• Demakis, Elias, 274
• Diamantopoulos, Cimon P., 119–120, 227, 258–259, 268–269
• Dimitrov, Georgi Mihailov, 281
• Diplomatic missions, U.S., elevation of to embassies: Egypt, 78–80; Iraq, 569–570
• Djavid, Salamollah, 500n , 511, 560
• Dodecanese Islands, disposition of, 120, 156–157, 173–175, 185
• Dooher, Gerald F. P., 449n , 545
• Dorr, Goldthwaite H., 631n
• Dragoumis, Philip, 156–157, 227, 248, 256
• Druitt, Charles E. H., 43
• Duce, James Terry, 741–742
• Dunn, James Clement, 307n
• Dunn, W. Clyde, 289–290
• Durbrow, Elbridge, 233, 305n , 720–721, 836
• Ebeid, Makram, 77
• Ebtehaj, Abol Hassan, 360, 369, 374–375, 539
• Economic policies of the United States in the Near and Middle East, aspects of thinking in the Department of State on 7–17
• Economou-Gouras, Paul, 175n , 179–180, 185–186, 200, 232n
• Eddy, Col. William A., 615–616, 622n , 738, 739n , 740–741, 924, 925n
• Egypt, 69–86
  • Agreements with United States regarding civil and military transport, and surplus property, 80–86
  • Agricultural mission, U.S., 64
  • Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, U.S. interest in negotiations between the United Kingdom and Egypt for revision of, 69–78
  • Legation, U.S., elevation to status of embassy, 78–80
  • Palestine, position regarding, 592–594, 634–635, 676–677
• Engert, Cornelius Van H., 6
• Epstein, Eliahu, 692–693
• Erkin, Feridun Cemal, 805–806, 811, 813, 835, 838, 856, 866, 869–870, 879, 897–899, 910
• Ertegün, Mehmet Münir, 822n
• Ethiopia, territorial and reparation claims against Italy, 87
• Export-Import Bank, discussions of loans and loan policy regarding: Greece, 90, 165, 181–182, 187–188, 190–191, 257n ; Iran, 510n , 520; Middle and Near East, 7–14; Palestine, 583–584, 618–620; Saudi Arabia, 739n , 743–744, 746–747, 750; Turkey, 899–900, 902–904, 906–912, 919
• Faisal, Amir, 599, 615–616, 641, 683, 729–731, 740–741
• Faqih, Asad al-, 604, 740
• Ferguson, C. Vaughan, Jr., 301
• Finley, Harold D., 58–59
• Firuz, Muzzaffar, 377, 402, 484, 497, 500, 516n , 538, 542
• France (see also Syria and Lebanon: Withdrawal of troops), 2–3, 51–63 passim, 163–164, 168
• Frangié, Hamid, 761–763, 769–770, 773
• Freeman, Alwyn V., 36
• Fuat, Ali, 816
• Gagarine, Capt. Alexis M., 364, 448
• Gallman, Waldemar J., 24–25, 28n , 115–116, 147–148, 678–679, 696–699, 705–706, 709–710, 721–722, 773–774, 869
• Gaston, Herbert E., 631n
• George II, King of Greece, 129, 131–132, 134–135, 151–154, 224n , 232–235, 238–239, 256, 271
• George, W. Perry, 573
• Gilbert, Richard V., 583–584
• Glendinning, C. Dillon, 544
• Goldmann, Nahum, 642, 667–668, 679, 687–688, 697–698, 722–723, 728, 736–737
• Gonatas, Gen. Stylianos, 129
• Goodwin, Joseph, 301, 330
• Grady, Henry F., 93, 118–120, 123–124, 127–128, 137n , 631n , 649–670, 673n , 695
• Grafftey-Smith, Laurence B., 621
• Grant, Christina P., 796–798
• Greece, 88–288
  • Agreement with United States regarding civil air transport, March 27, 288
  • Agricultural mission, U.S., 64
  • Albania, relations with:
    • Admission to the United Nations, Greek views on, 185–186
    • Anti-Greek attitude of, speculations regarding, 222
    • Border incidents (see also Frontier, infra):
      • Reports of, and Greek requests for U.S. action regarding, 132–133, 179–180, 182–183
      • Ukranian complaint to U.N. Security Council regarding, 194; British views on, 217–218; informal discussions regarding, 207–208, 219–221; U.N. action on, 196n , 197n , 221; U.S. views on, 195–200, 202–204, 214–217
    • Northern Epirus, Greek claims in: 141–143, 144, 156, 178, 255–256; British views on, 147–148, 185; Paris Peace Conference discussion of, 248–249; U.S. views and position on, 135–136, 145, 167, 229–230, 245–246, 258–259
  • Arms policy, U.S., regarding Greece, discussions regarding revision of 209–213, 225–226, 255, 262–263, 278–279, 282–283, 913–915
  • British troops in Greece:
    • Soviet complaint to U.N. Security Council regarding, 99, 104–112, 112–115
    • Withdrawal of, 147, 208–209
  • Bulgaria, Greek territorial claims in (see also Frontier, infra): British views on, 147–148, 272; Bulgarian action on, speculation regarding, 269–270, 272; disposition of, and Greek views on, 140–141, 178, 228, 248, 281; U.S. position and views on, 156, 161, 167, 245, 258
  • Dodecanese Islands, disposition of, 120, 156–157, 173–175, 185
  • Economic situation, and discussions regarding assistance:
    • Greek Currency Committee: British and U.S. participation, 89–90, 100–104
    • Greek Economic Mission to Washington, 180–181, 182, 187–188, 188n , 190–191, 201–202
    • Reports on, 88, 91–92, 175–177, 188–189, 227–228, 259–260, 282
    • Tsaldaris mission:
      • Conversations with the British, 183–185; Secretary of State Byrnes (in Paris), 174–175, 177–179; Ambassador Harriman, 180–181
      • Visit to United States, 169–170, 170–173, 256, 263–264, 286–287
    • U.S. economic aid, 232, 265–266, 285–286; economic mission, 148, 257, 278; economic policy, 95–96, 165, 170, 181–182, 187–188, 223–224, 250–255, 285; U.S.-U.K. consultations, 264
  • Elections (see also Plebescite, infra):
    • Allied Mission to observe Greek elections: Report of, 135; U.S. participation in, 93–95
    • Disturbances during, 130
    • Election law, revision of, 99–100, 112
    • Grady mission, 93, 118–120, 123–124, 127–128, 137n
    • Postponement of, Greek suggestions for, and Allied efforts to prevent, 97, 115–116, 117–119, 120–121, 123–127
    • Preparations for, 116, 117n , 117–118, 127–128
    • Secretary of State Byrnes’ statement on, 121–122
    • Soviet views on, 122–123, 128
  • Financial assistance. See Economic situation, supra.
  • Frontier, Northern (see also Albania and Bulgaria, supra, and Yugoslavia, infra):
    • Greek territorial claims, Tsaldaris mission to U.S. to present, 256, 263–264, 270–271
    • Situation on, and estimates of Soviet aims in, 156–157, 226–227, 230–232, 265, 268, 275–277
    • Soviet press on, 233
    • U.N. Security Council: Commission to investigate border clashes, discussion and proposal for, 266–267, 284–285; Greek appeal to, and deliberations on, 267–268, 268–269, 272–275, 279n , 279–281
  • Government. See Political situation, infra.
  • Plebescite:
    • Allied Mission, observation of plebescite, 190, 191–192, 192–194, 200; report, 204–207
    • Date of, discussions regarding, 143, 144–145, 146, 148–149; King George II on, 151–154
    • Electoral lists, discussions regarding organization of Allied Mission to observe revision of, and U.S. participation on, 137–139, 155, 157–159, 162–166, 168, 169; report of Allied Mission, 192
    • Issue of King’s return, discussion of, 162, 164–165, 166
  • Political situation:
    • Disturbances related to, and Government action in, 130, 159–160, 185–187, 238, 261–262
    • Evaluation of, 97–99, 224
    • George II on, 233–235, 238–239
    • Government, formation of after elections: 128–130, 130–132, 133–135
    • U.S. views on, 235–237
  • Reparations from Germany, 165, 178–179, 249
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 119–120
  • U.S. policy on Greece (see also Arms policy, supra), statement of, 240–245
  • Yugoslavia (see also Frontier, supra), Greek territorial claims against, 140, 142, 178
• Green, Joseph Coy, 93
• Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich, 99, 219–221, 366–367, 381–382, 384, 388, 402, 410, 424–426, 430, 435–436,
• Grow, Brig. Gen. Robert W., 544
• Gulbenkian, Sarkis Colouste, 32, 38n , 39
• Hadi, Ibrahim Abdul, 77
• Hakimi, Ibrahim, 290n , 291, 299–301, 305–306, 313
• Halifax, Earl of, 69–71, 293–294
• Hall, George H. 685, 696, 697, 706, 710n
• Hardin, Orville, 31–34, 40–43
• Hare, Raymond A., 307–309, 322, 327–328
• Harriman, W. Averell, 72–74, 180–181, 183–185, 589, 631, 646–647, 675–676, 685–686, 688–690
• Harris, Sir Douglas, 647
• Harrison, Earl G., 702
• Hartley, Robert, 323
• Harvey, Oliver, 572–573
• Hasluck, Paul, 207
• Hassan Pasha, Mahmoud, 79, 391–393, 604
• Hawkins, Harry C., 89, 100–104
• Hayter, William G., 183–184
• Henderson, Loy W., conversations and memoranda regarding: Greece, 104n , 185–186, 200, 240, 268–269; Iran, 295–297, 305n , 326–327, 523–525, 533–535, 556–558; Palestine, 587, 604–605, 618–620, 625n , 710–713, 722–723, 727–729; Syria and Lebanon, 753, 772–773, 782–783; Trans-Jordan, 794–795; Tunisia, 63n ; Turkey, 849, 876–878, 893–894, 906–909, 914–915, 918–919, 923; U.S. policies in Near and Middle East, 1–6, 7–10, 14, 40–43 passim
• Hickerson, John D., 145, 149–150, 161
• Hilldring, Maj. Gen. John H., 255, 515, 591–592, 625
• Hiss, Alger, 195–196, 207–208, 216–217, 219–220, 266–267, 347
• Ho Chi Minh, 61
• Hodgson, Lt. Col. William R., 391–393, 436–437
• Homayunjah, Mohammad Ali, 355
• Hooper, Malcolm P., 648
• Howard, Harry N., 276–277, 289–290, 801n
• Howe, Sir Robert G., 28n
• Hoxha, Enver, 222
• Husseini, Haj Amin el-, 591
• Husseini, Jamal al-, 591
• Hutcheson, Joseph C., Jr., 577, 695
• Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz, 708–709, 714n , 717–720, 738n , 739–741, 747–749, 749n
• Inonu, Ismet, 845, 898
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 540n
• International Bechtel Brothers–McCone, 747
• Inverchapel, Lord, 723, 849–850
• Iran, 289–567
  • Airline concessions to the Soviet Union in North Iran, U.S. concern regarding, 527–528
  • Arms policy, U.S. discussions concerning revision of, 209–213, 225–226, 282–283, 372–373
  • Azerbaijan, separatist regime in:
    • British policy and views, 517–518
    • Central Government efforts to reassert sovereignty:
      • Negotiations, and Soviet interference in, 305–306, 331–332, 434–435, 447–448, 449–450, 453–456, 459, 460–463, 464–465, 466–468; Agreement of June 13, and U.S. views on, 497–498, 500–502, 503–504
      • Policy change, decision to send troops, and Soviet pressure to prevent, 518–520, 545, 547–548, 554–555, 558–559; fall of separatist regime, 560–567
    • Establishment, and views of, 292, 307–309, 328–330, 332–334
    • Fall of, due to military intervention by Central Government, 560–567
    • Rumors regarding U.S. support of separatist regime, and denial of, 297–298, 302–303, 304–305, 317
    • Situation in Azerbaijan, 491–493, 494–495, 517–518
    • Soviet intervention, 290, 298–299, 332–334, 484–486; troop buildup, reports of, and U.S. views on, 340, 342–343, 344–345, 346–348, 356, 359–360, 404–405
    • Travel restrictions, U.S. concern regarding, 301–302, 319, 326–327, 330–331, 358–359, 404–405, 504, 506
  • British interference in South Iran, alleged, 516–517; troop withdrawal, 349n
  • Declaration of 1943 regarding, 289, 293, 310, 341, 519
  • Elections. See Political situations, infra.
  • Gold sales to, British, 540
  • Kurdistan, travel in, 364–365, 442–443
  • Loans, requests for, 509–510, 532–533, 539–540
  • Military supplies (see also Arms policy, supra), 544–545, 546–547
  • Petroleum resources and concessions, discussions of, 30–31, 34–36, 45–46, 380–381, 413, 514–515
  • Political situation:
    • Elections, Soviet pressure for, and discussions regarding, 490–491, 521–527, 528–529, 533, 540–541, 554
    • Prime Minister Qavam, cabinet changes of, 510–511, 536–539, 541–543; concern regarding Soviet interference, and U.S assurances regarding, 511–514; political tendencies of, U.S.-U.K. concern regarding, 495–497, 498–500, 502–503, 505–506
  • Railroads, control of in North Iran, 359, 506–507
  • Soviet Union (see also Azerbaijan, separatist regime in, and Withdrawal of Soviet troops), objectives in Iran, speculations on, 362–364, 375–376
  • U.S. policy toward (see also Arms policy, supra), evaluation, and statement on, 507–509, 515–516, 519–521, 529–532, 533–536
  • Withdrawal of Soviet troops:
    • Anglo-American-Soviet evacuation commission, proposal for, 290–292, 295–297, 299–301
    • Appeals to the United Nations:
      • Initial appeal and withdrawal of under British pressure, 294–295; U.S. position, 289–290, 292–293; U.S.-British discussion on, 293–294
      • Second appeal to United Nations: Documents constituting appeal, deliberations, and postponement pending bilateral negotiations, 304, 312, 314–315, 316–317, 320–326; question of keeping case before U.N., 345, 349–350, 356–358; Soviet position, 309–311, 318–319; U.S.-Iranian informal conversations, 313–314, 327–328, 350–356, U.S. position, 306–307, 309, 334–335; U.S.-Soviet informal conversations, 441–442
      • Security Council, protest to: British views, 368–369; Council deliberations, 365–366, 383–385, 388–390, 391–393, 396–398, 402–404; Iranian Prime Minister’s views, 376–378; resolution of April 4, and Soviet views, 407–411; Soviet views, 366–367, 371–372, 381–382; U.S. views, 367, 382–383, 393–394; withdrawal of Iranian case under Soviet pressure, 411–412, 415–437
      • Withdrawal of troops, retention of Iranian case on Security Council agenda following, Iranian indecision on, and final disposition of, 443–446, 450–453, 456–459, 459–460, 465–466, 468–469, 470–479, 480–483, 486–487, 487–490, 493–494
    • Bilateral negotiations leading to agreement, 315–316, 331–332, 337–339, 343–344, 349, 369–371, 373, 399–401, 405–407, 413–415; Soviet demands, and and Iranian counter-proposals, 337n , 379–380, 385–387; U.S. objections to secrecy in conduct of, 373–375, 390, 394–396, 398–399, 401–402
    • Efforts to enlist U.S. support to secure troop withdrawal, and U.S. proposals for action regarding, 336, 339, 340–342, 345–346, 348–349, 360–362, 373
    • Soviet press, 335, 378–379
    • Troop withdrawal and Iranian efforts to verify, 399, 402, 437–440, 447, 448–449, 463–464, 469, 479–480
• Iraq, 568–570
  • Agricultural mission, U.S., 64
  • Legation, U.S., elevation to status of embassy, 569–570
  • Palestine, position on, 594–595, 635
  • Petroleum resources, U.S. participation in development of, 45, 47–48
  • United Kingdom, U.S. interest in Iraqi political relations with, 568–569
• Iraq Petroleum Co. (IPC), 18–21, 27n , 31–34, 38–40, 44–45, 48
• Ireland, Philip W., 676
• Italy:
  • Colonies, disposition of, 72n , 571
  • Ethiopian territorial and reparations claims against, 87
  • Greece, relations with, 156–157
• Jaabri, Saadalah, 599–600, 756n , 773, 789
• Jacobs, Joseph E. 222, 229–230
• Jamali, Fadhil, 683
• Jarim, Fuad, 867, 868
• Jawdat, Ali, 604
• Jebb, Hubert Miles Gladwyn, 108
• Jernegan, John D., 264, 268–269, 301, 413n , 416–418, 422–423, 873n , 876–877, 894n
• Johnson, Herschel V., 195–196, 207–208, 215n , 216, 219–221, 279n , 284, 558–559
• Johnson, Joseph E., 323, 432n
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, 529–532, 631–633, 695, 857–858
• Jones, Arthur Creech, 709–710, 721
• Jones, E. E., 36
• Jones, George Lewis, Jr., 117n , 830–833, 906n , 908–909
• Kanellopoulos, Panayotis, 129, 133, 143, 162, 271
• Kaplan, Eliezer, 710
• Karamanlis, Konstantine, 190
• Kartalis, George, 101n
• Keeley, James Hugh, Jr., 94, 228
• Kennan, George F., 122–123, 128, 297–298, 335, 337–339, 342–344, 349, 356, 362–364, 378–379, 578n , 581
• Kenney, W. John, 856–857
• Khouri, Bechara el-, 826n
• Khouri, Faris el-, 761n , 764–765, 769–771, 773–774, 789
• Kirkbride, Alec S., 25n
• Kontopanos, Fotios, 247
• Koo, V. K. Wellington, 108, 316–317
• Kopper, Samuel K. C., 494
• Kudsi, Nazem al-, 773
• Kuniholm, Bertel E., 633–634, 790–791
• Kurds, 340, 362–364, 442–443, 545, 825
• Kuwait, 65–68
• Labonne, Eirik, 53n
• Lacoste, Francis, 877–878
• Lange, Oskar, 385, 391–393, 474
• Laparra, Gen. Arnaud, 93n
• Lascelles, Daniel W., 129–130
• Lawford, Valentine G., 487
• Lawson, Edward B., 918, 919
• League of Arab States. See under Palestine.
• League of Nations, 27n , 797, 823
• Leahy, Adm. William D., 858
• Lebanon. See Syria and Lebanon.
• Lebkicher, Roy, 741–742
• Leeper, Sir Reginald W. A., 91–92, 116
• Legations, U.S., elevation of to embassies: Egypt, 78–80; Iraq, 569–570
• Leggett, Sir Frederick, 577
• Lehrs, John A., 727, 736–737
• Lenahan, William J., 18n , 24, 27n , 29–30
• Le Rougetel, Sir John H., 449, 499–500, 550–551
• Libya, 571
• Lie, Trygve, 108, 219, 266, 391–393, 428–429, 445
• Lipsky, Louis, 642
• Litvinov, Maxim Maximovich, 879
• Loftus, John A., 18–22, 28, 30n , 36–38
• Luthringer, George F., 9n , 10–14, 907–909
• Lutski, Victor D., 647
• Lyon, Cecil B., 676–677
• Maclean, D. D., 217–218, 264
• MacVeagh, Lincoln, 91–92, 97–100, 173, 186–283 passim
• Makin, Norman J. O., 108, 114
• Malik, Charles, 604
• Mallory, Walter H., 93
• Malony, Harry J., 93
• Manningham-Buller, Maj. Reginald E., 577
• Manuilsky, Dmitry Zakharovich, 194
• Marchal, Leon, 53
• Masaryk, Jan, 836
• Massigli, René, 764, 769–770
• Matthews, H. Freeman, 135–136, 148–149, 174–175, 177–179, 227, 587–588, 622–623, 849
• Mattison, Gordon H., 755–756, 758
• Mavromichalis, Petros, 129, 234, 239
• Mazhari, Brig. Gen. Mohammed, 546n
• McCabe, Thomas B., 175n , 901
• McDermott, Michael J., 868
• McDonald, James G., 577
• McFarland, Col. A. J., 633
• McGhee, George C., 31–34, 40–43
• McNeil, Hector, 102–104
• McNeill, Capt. William H., 97, 140
• Melas, Leon, 228
• Menemencioglu, Numan R., 823n
• Merriam, Gordon P., 6–7, 21, 40–43, passim, 597–599, 620, 732–735
• Metaxas, Gen. John, 98
• Middleton, George H., 36
• Military supplies to the Middle and Near East, U.S. policy on (see also Arms policy, under Greece, Iran, and Turkey), 7
• Miller, Lt. Col. Allen C., 246
• Minor, Harold B., 36, 302, 313–314, 486–487, 525–527
• Modzelewski, Zygmunt, 108
• Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. See Pahlavi.
• Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, 171, 291, 318, 351–352, 441–442, 804, 814
• Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard, 283n
• Moore, C. Robert, 901
• Moose, James S., 570, 594–595
• Morocco (see also Tangier), Communist activities in, 51–53, 57, 59–60
• Morris, Leland B., 169n , 192, 204–207
• Morrison, Lord Herbert S., 577, 675
• Moseley, H. W., 515
• Mossadegh, Mohamad, 300
• Munla, Saadi, 787
• Murray, Wallace, 290–427 passim
• Muscat, 65–68
• Mutahhar, Abdul Karim, 925n
• Myers, Francis J., 798
• Nathan, Robert R., 583–584
• National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 266, 904, 911, 919
• Nationalist activities in North Africa, U.S. interest in, 51–63
• Nixon, Sir John, 103n
• Norton, Sir Clifford V., 130
• Notter, Harley, 323
• Noyes, Charles P., 216, 322–324
• Nuri as-Said. See Said, Nuri as-.
• O’Brian, John Lord, 466–468
• Oil. See Petroleum resources.
• Oman, 65–68
• Orekhov, Fedor Terentyevich, 827–829
• Ostrorog, Count Stanislas, 762–763, 769, 779–780
• Pachachi, Hamdi el-, 582
• Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza Shah, 290n , 291, 353–354, 377, 449, 454–455, 458–459, 464, 486, 501, 509, 522–523, 533, 537–539
• Pahlavi, Reza Shah, 545
• Palestine, Arab-Zionist controversy concerning future status, and question of Jewish immigration, 576–737
  • Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry:
    • Hearings, 576–578, 579–580, 582
    • Membership, 577
    • Report, and Committee recommendations:
      • Attlee-Truman correspondence regarding, 596–597, 603–604, 606, 607–609
      • Conclusions, summary of, 585–586
      • Implementation. See Consultations with Arabs and Jews, and Discussions between U.S. and British, infra.
      • Publication, 584–585, 587–588, 588n
      • Reactions to Committee recommendations (see also Consultations, infra):
        • Arab, 591, 592–595, 599–601, 604–605, 616–617
        • British, 589–590
        • Jewish, 590, 591
        • State Department views and recommendations to President Truman, 587, 591–592, 595–596, 597–599
    • Soviet zones of Germany and Austria, and countries of Eastern Europe, Committee request to examine situation in, and Soviet reply, 578, 581
    • Terms of reference of Committee, 577
    • U.S. pressure, British denial of alleged statements charging, 595, 611, 620–622
  • Biltmore program, 692n
  • Cabinet Committee and Committee of Experts. See Discussions, infra.
  • Conference on Palestine:
    • Arab-British Conference, initial session, Sept. 10–Oct. 2:
      • Adjournment, Oct. 2:
        • Communique announcing, 700–701
        • Truman statement regarding:
          • Attlee–Truman exchange regarding statement, 701–705, 706–708
          • Ibn Saud–Truman correspondence, 708–709, 714–720
          • Text of statement, 701–703
      • Discussions and Arab proposals, 649–650, 676–677, 696, 698–699, 700–701
      • Opening of Conference, Sept. 10, 696n
    • British plans and proposals, 606, 677, 678, 684, 685–686, 687, 690n , 690–691, 696, 726–727; invitations to Arab nations, 649–650
    • Jews, U.S. and British discussions with, and question of participation in Conference with British, 668, 685–686, 687–690, 692–695, 697–698, 701, 704, 705, 706, 723–724, 728; meeting of Jewish Agency with British subcommittee, 709–710
    • U.S. decision not to participate, 650, 691, 695; decision to send observer to second phase, 727n
  • Consultations with Arabs and Jews (see also Hearings under Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry):
    • Assurances regarding consultations, and preparation for, 595n , 596–597, 599–600, 603n , 604, 605, 605n , 606, 607–611, 650
    • British consultation (see also Conference on Palestine, supra), 608–609, 649–650
    • List of groups to be consulted, 596–597, 608
    • U.S. consultation: Invitation to Arabs and Jews to present views, 609–611; replies from Arabs, 615, 617, 628–631, 633–635, 637, 641; replies from Jewish Agency, 627–628
  • Discussions between U.S. and British Committees on implementation of recommendations of Committee of Inquiry (see also Grady-Morrison Plan, infra):
    • Attlee–Truman agreement to hold discussions, 584–585, 590, 606, 607, 609, 623; correspondence arranging for discussions, 623–624, 626–627, 631, 636–637, 641, 643–644
    • Basis of discussions, Attlee proposals, 612–615
    • Cabinet Committee: Alternates for U.S. members, selection and arrival in London, 631n , 646n ; deliberations in London, 646–647; recommendations, 651–667
    • Exploratory conversations on physical problems involved in immigration of 100,000, 636, 638n , 638–639; announcement to the press, 639n
    • Harris plan, 646–647, 648–649
    • Preparation for talks, U.S. position on certain questions, 622–623, 624–625, 644–645, 648–649, SWNCC memorandum, 631–633
  • Economic assistance, discussions regarding, 583–584, 589, 618–620, 645, 672
  • Grady-Morrison Plan:
    • Reactions to plan, and counterproposals (see also Conference on Palestine, supra):
      • Arabs, 676–677, 683
      • Jewish Agency, 667–668, 679–682, 685–686
      • Truman-Attlee correspondence on plan, 669, 675–676, 677–678, 682–683, 687
      • Truman statements, 674n , 684–685; press conference, 691
      • U.S. officials, discussions and proposals, 669–676, 679–682, 684, 725
    • Text of plan, 651–667
  • Harrison Report, 702, 706
  • Illegal immigration, 607, 678–679
  • Jewish Agency for Palestine, 576, 590–591, 627–628, 667–668, 687–689, 692–693, 697–698, 705–706, 709–710, 721–723, 800
  • Jordan Valley Authority, discussions regarding, 583–584, 618–620
  • League of Arab States, 73n , 582, 591n , 593, 615, 628–631, 635–636, 676–677, 731–732; extraordinary meeting of Arab League Council, 635n , 635–636
  • Partition question, 693–695, 723–727
  • Soviet position on Palestine, 647–648, 720–721
  • SWNCC memorandum on Palestine, 631–633
  • Terrorism in Palestine, and British efforts to prevent, 631, 639–640, 642–643, 648, 651, 669; release of detained leaders, 721–722
  • Truman, interest in Palestine situation:
    • Briefings and memoranda from State Department officials, 580–581, 584–585, 595–596, 601–603, 671–673, 674–675, 693–695, 699
    • Correspondence and conversations with—
      • Amir Faisal, 729–731
      • Attlee, 596–597, 603–604, 606, 607–609, 612–615, 617–618, 623–624, 626–627, 636–637, 639–640, 641–642, 643–644, 669, 677–678, 682–683, 687, 701–705, 706–708
      • Ibn Saud, 645–646, 708–709, 714–720
    • Personal direction of U.S. participation in discussions on Palestine, 587, 686; assumption of direction by Secretary Byrnes, 722–723
    • Press conferences, 622, 691; press release, 642–643
    • Statements issued, 588–589, 651, 684–685, 701–703, 725; summary statement of U.S. policy and actions regarding Palestine, 701–703
  • United Nations, question of referral to, 596, 600, 602, 615, 616, 617, 623, 636, 643, 647, 667, 683, 699, 723, 726; U.S. policy, 711n , 710–713
  • U.S. troops and financial assistance, question of supplying, 588, 590, 591, 601–602, 603n , 604, 606, 647; SWNCC recommendations, 631–633
  • World Zionist Congress, 723–726, 727—729, 735—737
• Papandreou, George, 129, 133, 143, 162, 271
• Pares, Peter, 147, 166
• Paris Conference on Reparations, 1945, 88
• Parodi, Alexandre, 216, 470–472
• Pasquet, Maurice, 57
• Pasvolsky, Leo, 307n , 323–324
• Patterson, Gardner, 103n , 188
• Patterson, Jefferson, 683
• Patterson, Robert P., 856–857
• Patterson, Lt. Col. William H., 194
• Peker, Recep, 844–845, 915n
• Perkins, Warwick, 880
• Persian Gulf principalities, U.S. policy toward, 65–68
• Peshevari, Jafar, 297, 302n , 305, 333, 447–448, 460, 464, 476n , 484, 497, 560, 562
• Peterson, Sir Maurice D., 804, 833, 876, 897
• Petroleum resources in the Near East, U.S. participation in the development of, 18–50
  • Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco), negotiations for pipeline and refinery concessions with Lebanon, 29, 29–30; Syria, 29, 30, 47; Trans-Jordan, 18–28, 29
  • Group (Red Line) Agreement of 1928, non-validity of and necessity of negotiating new agreement, discussions regarding, 31–34, 38–40
  • Iran, proposals for formation of international petroleum regulatory organization, and oil concessions in, U.S. views on, 30–31, 34–36, 45–46
  • Iraq, oil concessions in, 45 47–48,
  • Palestine question, relation to, 633, 648
  • Standard Oil of New Jersey-Socony Vacuum Oil Co. proposals, discussions of and U.S. views on, 40–44, 48–50
  • United States: Continental shelf policy and Persian Gulf oil resources, U.S.-British discussions on, 36–38, 46; Oil in U.S. foreign policy, address regarding, 28, 30n ; U.S.–U.K. petroleum discussions, 44–46
• Petroleum resources in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, U.S. interest in development of, 65–68
• Pharaon, Henri, 792
• Phillips, William, 577
• Pinkerton, Lowell C., 21, 576, 590–591, 607, 615, 627–628
• Pipinelis, Panayotis, 256, 270–271
• Pirnia, Hosein, 371, 377
• Political policies of the United States in the Near and Middle East, aspects of thinking in the Department of State on, 1–7
• Porter, Paul A., 278
• Porter, William J., 722–723, 756–757, 768–769
• Potsdam Conference, 1945, 109
• Poulitsas, Panayotis, 129, 135
• Qatar, 46, 65–68
• Qavam, Ahmad, 313, 315–316, 331–564 passim
• Qazi Mohammad, 443
• Quo, Tai-chi, 388, 391–393, 402, 407, 428, 431, 483
• Ramsey, Fred W., 82, 740n
• Rankin, Karl L., 116–173 passim
• Rayner, Charles B., 30n
• Reid, A. D., 532
• Rendis, Constantine, 136n
• Ridley, Maj. Gen. Clarence S., 372, 544
• Robertson, David A., 37
• Rockwell, Stuart W., 117n
• Rodionov, Rear Adm. Konstantin Konstantinovich, 116n , 119–120
• Rogers, James Grafton, 93
• Rosenwald, Lessing J., 690
• Rossow, Robert, Jr., 292n , 297–299, 302–303, 304n , 328–330, 332–334, 340, 342–345, 358–359, 364, 404–405, 494–495
• Rounsevell, Lt. Glenn A., 246
• Russell, Donald S., 40
• Sadchikov, Ivan Vasilyevich, 361, 369, 379–380, 405, 414, 417, 427, 461, 480–481, 521, 537, 538, 549, 556–557, 559
• Said, Nuri as-, 47, 814
• Saka, Hasan, 809–810, 834–835, 859, 904
• Saleh, Ali Pasha, 505
• Saleh, Allahyar, 505
• Salem, Joseph, 762, 773
• Sands, William L., Jr., 595
• Sanger, Richard H., 622n , 740, 926
• Saraçoğlu, Sükrü, 806–807, 826, 853n , 906
• Sarper, Selim, 814
• Saudi Arabia, 738–750
  • Agricultural mission, U.S., 64
  • British military mission, 745
  • Civil air rights and use of Dhahran airfield, 744–745
  • Economic aid, and related problems, 739–742, 743–744, 746–747, 750
  • Gold purchase from the United States 742–743
  • Integrity and security, U.S. assurances regarding, 738–739
  • Palestine, position regarding, 595, 615–616, 641
  • Railroads, discussions regarding construction of, 747–750
• Sayed, Ahmed Lutfi el-, 683
• Schwartz, Harry H., 62–63
• Schwartzkopf, Col. H. Norman, 439, 455, 501, 544
• Seif al-Islam Abdullah, Prince, 582n
• Seyid Zia ed Din Tabatabai, 331, 379, 438
• Shabostari, Ali 560–561
• Shaw, Sir John, 648
• Sheets, Harold F., 31–34
• Shertok, Moshe, 576, 737
• Sidi Mohammed, 53n
• Sidky Pasha, Ismail, 69, 75n , 76–77, 724
• Silver, Rabbi Abba H., 642, 688, 722, 728, 736–737
• Singleton, Sir John E., 577
• Smith, Gen. Walter Bedell, 409, 566–567, 574, 647–648, 824n , 824–825
• Smuts, Field Marshal Jan Christian, 730
• Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 31–34, 38–40
• Soheilv, Ali, 315
• Solh, Riad, 773, 782
• Solh, Sami, 600, 755n , 758–759
• Solod, Daniil Semenovich, 756, 759
• Sophoulis, Themistocles, 99n , 119–120, 129, 162, 234, 239, 271
• Soviet Union (see also Greece, Iran, and Turkey), political policies in the Near and Middle East, U.S. appraisal of, 2–4, 647–648, 720–721
• Stalin, Iosif Vissarionovich, 107, 291, 337, 351–352, 381n , 409, 807, 816–817, 824n , 836
• Standard Oil Co. of California, 66
• Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 31–34, 38–43
• Stansgate, Lord, 70
• Stephanopoulos, Stephanos, 135, 148, 281
• Stetson, Col. John B., Jr., 499
• Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 104–115, 306–307, 312, 316–317, 320–321, 325–326, 367, 370n , 396–490 passim, 761–767, 775–776
• Stevenson, Adlai E., 309
• Sudan, 77
• Sümer, Nurullah Esat, 810–813, 815–818, 899
• Sutton, F. Lester, 561–562
• Sychev, S. I., 522
• Syria and Lebanon, 751–793
  • Agreement between United States and Lebanon regarding civil air transport, Aug. 11, 793
  • Agreements with United States regarding surplus property, 792–793
  • Agrucultural mission, U.S., 64
  • Mixed courts system, U.S. decision not to object to abolition of by Syria and Lebanon, 783–792
  • Palestine, position regarding, 599–601, 616–617, 633–634
  • Petroleum resources, U.S. participation in development of, 29, 29–30, 47
  • U.S. military mission, Syrian requests for, 782–783
  • Withdrawal of British and French troops, 751–782
    • Agreement for withdrawal, 777, 778; talks leading to, 766–767, 768, 769–771, 772, 773–774, 777–782
    • Anglo-French agreement of 1945: Anglo-French disagreement on interpretation of, 751–752, 753–754; Syrian-Lebanese position on, 754–755; U.S. views on, 753
    • French position in Levant, 759–761
    • Soviet interest in, 759, 759n , 768–769
    • United Nations, consideration of problem by (see also U.S. position, infra):
      • Appeal by Syria and Lebanon, 761–764
      • Deliberations, 775–776; U.S. resolution, 768–769, 772–773
    • U.S. position and views, 753, 754–759, 764–769, 778
• Tandy, A. H., 620
• Tangier:
  • Communist activity in, 53–54, 60
  • U.S. assent to decision to postpone international conference on status of, 572–575
• Taqizadeh, Seyid Hassan, 293n , 304, 314–315, 325n , 327–328
• Taylor, William H., 89, 100–104
• Trammell, Capt. Webb, 918
• Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Company. See Arabian American Oil Co.
• Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. (TWA), 81, 745
• Trans-Jordan:
  • Independence granted by United Kingdom, U.S. attitude regarding, 794–800
  • Petroleum resources, U.S. participation in development of, 18–28, 29
• Treaties, conventions, etc. (see also Agreements under individual countries):
  • Algeciras, Act of (1906), 572
  • Anglo-Egyptian treaty of friendship and alliance (1936). See under Egypt.
  • Anglo-French agreement for the re-establishment of the international administration of Tangier (1945), 572–575 passim.
  • Anglo-French agreement regarding withdrawal of British and French troops from the Levant (1945), 751n
  • Anglo-Iraqi treaty of alliance (1930), 795n
  • Anglo-Persian treaty of 1919, 300
  • Anglo-Russian partition agreement (1907), 300
  • Anglo-Soviet-Iranian treaty of alliance (1942), 310, 311, 341
  • Anglo-Trans-Jordan agreement of 1928, 796
  • Convention governing construction and operation of pipelines and refineries in Palestine, Jan. 7, 18n
  • Group (Red Line) Agreement (1928), 31n , 31–34, 38–40
  • Montreux Convention (1937), 785
  • Soviet-Iranian treaty of 1921, 311, 318, 351
  • Soviet-Turkish treaty of 1921, 864, 867
  • Treaty between Turkey and Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922), 864, 867
  • Treaty of friendship between Turkey and Transcaucasian Soviet Republics (1921), 864, 867
  • Tripartite convention between United States, Great Britain and Iraq (1930), 568
  • U.S.-British convention relating to rights in Palestine (1924), 22n , 25, 796–799
  • U.S.-British oil agreement (1945), 31
• Trott, A. C., 516n
• Trucial Coast, 65–68
• Truman, Harry S.:
  • Correspondence with—
    • Attlee. See under Palestine: Truman: Correspondence.
    • Ibn Saud, 645–646, 708–709, 714–720, 749
    • Yehya, Ibn Mohamed Hamid-ud-din, 924–925
  • Interest in U.S. relations with—
    • Egypt, 78
    • Greece, 89n , 158n , 188n
    • Iran, 348–349, 372
    • Near East, 8–9
    • Palestine. See under Palestine.
    • Turkey, 840, 843n , 873n
  • Proclamations regarding Continental Shelf, 37n
• Tsaldaris, Constantine, 131, 133, 143, 160, 166, 172–175, 177–181, 183–185, 192, 224, 256, 259–260, 271, 286–288
• Tsouderos, Emanuel J., 88, 101
• Tuck, S. Pinkney, 75–77, 78, 82–85, 582, 592–594, 634–635, 731–732, 748–749
• Tunisia, independence, demands for, 62–63
• Turkey, 801–923
  • Agreement with United States regarding air transport, Feb. 12, 901n
  • Arms policy, U.S. discussions concerning revision of, 209–213, 225–226, 255, 282–283, 922
  • Economic assistance. See Export-Import Bank, Surplus property, and Military assistance, infra.
  • Economic needs, proposal for study of, 917–918, 919–920
  • Export-Import Bank loans:
    • Negotiations and discussions of, 902–903, 903–904, 906–910, 911–912
    • Turkish requests for, and efforts to increase amounts of, 899–900, 910, 912, 915–916, 918–919, 923
  • Greece, territorial claims against, 173n
  • Lend-Lease account, settlement of, 904–906
  • Military assistance to (see also Arms policy, supra): U.S.-British discussions on, 913–915; views of various U.S. officials on, 916–917, 920–921
  • Political situation in, 844–845
  • Soviet Union:
    • Objectives in Turkey, speculations concerning, 820–822, 859
    • Relations with, Turkish attitude toward, and informal Soviet-Turkish conversations regarding, 806–807, 808–809, 810–811, 812–814, 815–816, 817–818, 823–824, 825–827
    • Soviet troop movements near Turkish borders, reports concerning, 342–343, 818–819
    • Soviet-Turkish treaty of 1921, 816–817
    • Stalin’s remarks on Turkey, 807, 824n , 836
    • Territorial and base right demands (see also Straits question, infra), Turkish views on, and discussions of, 802, 806, 809–810, 816–817, 824–825
  • Straits question and proposed revision of Montreux convention of 1936 (see also Soviet Union, supra):
    • British views and interest in, 807, 811, 824
    • Soviet Union:
      • Note of Aug. 7, 827–829; British reply to, 842, 850–851; French reply to, Soviet position and U.S. views on, 856, 859; Turkish views on and reply to, 838–840, 846–847, 848–849, 852–855; U.S.-British-Turkish consultations regarding, 829–830, 833–835, 846; U.S. reply, text and discussions of, 840–844, 845, 847–848; views of various U.S. officials on, 830–833, 836–838
      • Note of Sept. 24, 860–866; British reply and Soviet views on, 876, 897; Soviet attitude and Turkish views on, 897; Turkish views on and reply to, 867–868, 869–870, 872, 878–893; U.S.-British-Turkish consultations regarding, 868–869, 870–871, 875, 876–877; U.S.-French discussion of, 877–878; views of various U.S. officials, and U.S. reply to, 866–867, 872–875
    • Turkish position and views on, 814–815, 838–840, 846–847, 848–849, 852–855, 867–868, 869–870, 872, 879–893; subsequent efforts to obtain settlement, 898–899
    • U.S. position on, 801–804, 808, 856–858; Ambassador Wilson’s views on, 855–856
  • Surplus property: Turkish interest in purchase of, and U.S. arrangements for, 900–901, 919; Soviet views, and U.S. comments regarding, 901–902, 903
  • U.S. policy toward (see also Arms policy, supra), statement of, 893–897
  • U.S. support, Turkish efforts to obtain assurances, and U.S. gestures of, 804–806, 807–808, 812, 820, 822–823, 871; British interest in, 849–850
• Unger, Leonard, 175
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Soviet Union.
• United Kingdom (see also Greece, Iran, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon and Turkey):
  • Egypt, negotiations with for revision of Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936, and U.S. interest in, 69–78
  • Iraq, political relations with, and U.S. interest in, 568–569
  • Near and Middle East political policies, U.S. appraisal of, 2–3, 6–7
  • Petroleum resources in Near East, interest in, 25, 36–38, 44–46
• United Nations Charter, 289, 738, 802
• United Nations Organization, considerations of problems involving:
  • Greece. See British troops, and Frontier, under Greece.
  • Iran. See Withdrawal of Soviet troops under Iran.
  • Palestine. See under Palestine.
  • Syria and Lebanon. See Withdrawal of British and French troops under Syria and Lebanon.
• United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 188, 261–262
• Van Kleffens, Eelco, 196, 216–217, 219, 385, 391–393, 430–431, 473, 474, 483, 489
• Varvaressos, Kyriakos, 189n
• Venizelos, Sophocles, 129, 133, 143, 162, 181, 190, 254, 271
• Villard, Henry S., 699, 747
• Vinogradov, Sergey Alexandrovich, 808–809, 812–818, 901n
• Vinson, Fred M. 89
• Vlachov, Dimitri, 274
• Voulgaris, Adm. Petros, 129
• Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, 104, 106–111, 114, 309–312, 320–321, 325, 326n
• Wackwitz, Col. Donald N., 278
• Wadsworth, George, 29, 307n , 569–570, 599–601, 616–617, 628–631, 699, 754, 762–763, 769–771, 780–781, 787–789
• Ward, Angus, 434–435, 437–440, 447–450
• Waymark, William W., 93
• Weizmann, Chaim, 576, 681, 709, 728, 736–737
• Wells, Herman B., 93
• White, Lincoln, 868–869
• Wickham, Sir Charles, 118, 130
• Wilkins, Fraser, 735–736
• Williams, Michael S., 869
• Wilson, Edwin G., 805–859 passim, 878–880, 897–922 passim
• Wilson, Evan, 625, 638–639, 692–693
• Winant, John G., 134–135, 572–573, 751–754, 772, 811
• Windle, Richard T., 93n , 192, 204–207
• Wise, Rabbi Stephen S., 642, 693, 728
• World Zionist Congress, See under Palestine.
• Wright, Edwin M., 346–347
• Wright, Michael, 794–795
• Yalta Conference, 1945, 107
• Yassin, Yusuf, 595, 622n
• Yemen, establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with, 924–926
• Yugoslavia, Greek territorial claims, 140, 142, 178
• Zurayk, Costi K., 604