Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Iran,
1951–1954, Volume X
List of Persons
- Acheson, Dean
G., Secretary of State until January 20, 1953.
- Afshartus, Brigadier
General Mahmud, Iranian Army; Chief of Police in Tehran,
Iran, until April 1953.
- Ala, Hosein,
Prime Minister of Iran, March 11–April 27, 1951; Iranian Minister of Court,
April 1951–April 1953; and after August 1953.
- Aldrich, Winthrop
W., Ambassador in the United Kingdom from February 20,
1953.
- Allen,
D.A.V., Assistant Secretary of the British Treasury.
- Amini, Abol
Qasem, Iranian Minister of Court, May–August, 1953.
- Amini, Dr.
Ali, Iranian Minister of Finance after August 20,
1953.
- Amini-Majdi, General
Mahmud, Iranian Army; Commander in Chief of the the Iranian
Imperial Gendarmérie until August 20, 1953;
thereafter Military Attaché in France.
- Anderson, Robert
B., Secretary of the Navy after February 4, 1953; Deputy
Secretary of Defense after May 3, 1954.
- Armstrong,
William, Private Secretary to the British Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
- Austin, Warren
R., Permanent Representative of the United States at the
United Nations until January 22, 1953.
- Baharmast, General,
Qolam Mahmud, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army, October
1952–March 1953.
- Baqai (Baghai), Dr. Mozaffar, founder of
the Workers Party, a component of Mosadeq’s National Front; Deputy in the 17th Majlis,
1952–1953.
- Barnes, Robert
G., Deputy Director of the Policy Reports Staff in the
Executive Secretariat, Department of State, from September 2, 1951; Attaché
in the Embassy in the United Kingdom after April 2, 1952; detailed to the
Embassy in France after May 12, 1952.
- Barnes, Stanley
N., Assistant Attorney General in the Anti-Trust Division,
Department of Justice, after 1953.
- Batmanqilich (Batmangelich), General Nader, Chief
of Staff of the Iranian Army after August 19, 1953.
- Battle, Lucius
D., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State from June 26,
1951; Foreign Affairs Officer in the Office of the Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs after October 13, 1952;
Attaché in the Embassy in Denmark after July 26, 1954.
- Baxter, William
O., Deputy Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and
Iranian Affairs, Department of State, June 20, 1952–October 10, 1954;
thereafter Director.
- Bayat, Morteza
Qoli, Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil
Company.
- Beckett, Sir William
Eric, Legal Adviser to the British Foreign Office until May
3, 1953.
- Beeley,
Harold, Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States
after February 18, 1953.
- Berry, Burton
Y., Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
Affairs, December 1951–June 1952; Ambassador in Iraq, June 25, 1952–May 3,
1954.
- Black, Eugene
R., President and Chairman of the Executive Directors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development after 1949.
- Black, Robert
B., Economist in the Bureau of the Budget, 1949–1952; Budget
Examiner in the Mutual Security Agency from October 12, 1952; Chief of Near
East Programs in the Office of the Deputy Director for Program and Planning
in the Foreign Operations Administration after March 28, 1954.
- Bohlen, Charles E.
(Chip), Counselor of the Department of State and member of
the Senior Staff, National Security Council, until March 1953; Ambassador in
the Soviet Union from April 20, 1953.
- Bonbright, James
C.H., Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European
Affairs, June 1950–April 1954.
- Brown, Ben H.,
Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Relations from May 29, 1949.
- Brownell, Herbert,
Jr., Attorney General of the United States, January 21,
1953–November 8, 1957.
- Bruce, David
K.E., Ambassador in France until March 10, 1952; Under
Secretary of State, April 1, 1952–January 20, 1953; Consultant to the
Secretary of State until February 8, 1953; thereafter Observer at the
Interim Committee of the European Defense Community at Paris and
Representative to the European Coal and Steel Community.
- Burrows, Bernard
B.A., Counselor of the British Embassy in the United States,
January 1950–July 1953.
- Busheri (Bushari), Javadi, Iranian Minister
of Roads, April 1951–July 1952; appointed Senator in 1953.
- Butler, Victor
S., Under Secretary in the British Ministry for Fuel and
Power.
- Butterworth, W.
Walton, Ambassador in Sweden after September 18, 1950; Deputy
Chief of Mission in the United Kingdom after December 10, 1953.
- Byroade, Henry
A., Director of German Affairs, Department of State, until
April 1952; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and
African Affairs from April 14, 1952.
- Cabell, Lieutenant
General Charles P., USAF,
Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, until January 1953;
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence after April 23, 1953.
- Caccia, Sir Harold
A., British Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs after February 1, 1954.
- Churchill, Winston
S. (Sir Winston from
April 24, 1953), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Lord of the
Treasury from October 26, 1951.
- Crowl, Richard
B., International Economist in the Office of Greek, Turkish,
and Iranian Affairs, Department of State.
- Cutler,
Robert, Administrative Assistant to President Eisenhower, January–March 1953; thereafter
Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
- Dixon, Ben
F., Acting Officer in Charge of Greek Affairs, Office of
Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, from October 1951;
Foreign Affairs Officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern, South Asian, and
African Affairs after May 1952.
- Dixon, Sir Pierson
(John), British Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs from June 5, 1950; Representative on the Brussels Treaty Permanent
Commission and Representative at the United Nations after March 13,
1954.
- Dorsz, Edmund
J., Deputy Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and
Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until May 1952.
- Dulles, Allen
W., Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from August 1951;
Director of Central Intelligence after January 1953.
- Dulles, John
Foster, Consultant to Secretary of State Dean Acheson and Personal Representative of
President Truman for the Japanese
Peace Treaty; Secretary of State after January 21, 1953.
- Eakens, Robert
S.H., Chief of the Petroleum Policy Staff, Office of
International Materials Policy, Department of State, from October 3, 1949;
Chief of the Petroleum Staff after August 10, 1953.
- Earman,
S.J., Executive Assistant to the Director of Central
Intelligence, 1952.
- Ebtehaj, Abol
Hassan, Iranian Ambassador in France, 1950–1952; Adviser to
the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, 1953–1954.
- Eden,
Anthony (Sir Anthony
from 1954), British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs after October 27,
1951.
- Edgerton, Major
General Glen E. (ret.), United States Army; Managing Director
and President of the Export-Import Bank of Washington, 1953–1954.
- Eisenhower, General
of the Army Dwight D., Supreme Allied Commander, Europe,
April 2, 1951–May 30, 1952; President of the United States after January 20,
1953.
- Emmerglick, Leonard
J., Attorney, Anti-Trust Division, Department of Justice,
until September 1954.
- Entezam,
Abdollah, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs after August
1953.
- Entezam,
Nasrollah, Iranian Ambassador in the United States, September
18, 1950–September 18, 1952, and after November 2, 1953.
- Farley, Hugh
D., Assistant Executive Secretary of the National Security
Council until 1954.
- Fatemi (Fatimi), Hossein, Iranian Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Confidant of Iranian Prime Minister Mosadeq, October 1952–August 1953.
- Ferguson, C.
Vaughan, Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of
Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State, until July
1952.
- Ferguson, John
Haven, Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff,
Department of State, April 1, 1951–August 12, 1953.
- Fisher, Adrian
S., Legal Adviser of the Department of State, June 28,
1949–January 27, 1953.
- Fitzgerald, Dennis
A., Associate Deputy Director of the Mutual Security Agency,
after May 19, 1952; Deputy Director for Operations in the Foreign Operations
Administration after October 12, 1953.
- Flett,
M.T., Counselor to the British Economic Minister in the United
States and Head of the British Treasury and Supply Delegation,
1952–1954.
- Foster, Austen
T., General Counsel for the Socony Vacuum Oil Company after
1948.
- Franks, Sir Oliver
S., British Ambassador in the United States from June 3,
1948, until February 13, 1953.
- Fraser, Sir
William, Chairman of the Board, Anglo-Iranian Oil
Company.
- Frechtling, Louise
E., Staff member, Office of the Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs, 1954.
- Garner, Robert
L., Vice President of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development after March 4, 1947.
- Gass, N.A.,
Managing Director of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
- Gaston, Herbert
E., President and Chairman of the Board of Directors,
ExportImport Bank, until January 1953.
- Gifford, Walter
S., Ambassador in the United Kingdom until January 23,
1953.
- Gillette, Guy
M., Democratic Senator from Iowa; member, Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
- Gleason, S.
Everett, Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security
Council after January 1950.
- Gray, Helen
P., staff member, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian
Affairs, Department of State.
- Haerizadeh, Seyed
Abol Hasan, Leader of the Iran Party, a component of
Mosadeq’s National Front; Deputy
in the 18th Majlis, 1954.
- Hakimi,
Ebrahim, former Prime Minister of Iran, 1945 and 1948;
Senator from Tehran and President of the Iranian Senate, 1954.
- Harden,
Orvil, Vice President and Director of Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey after April 1935; member of the Standard Oil Company’s Executive
Committee as of 1935; Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee after
1937.
- Harriman, W.
Averell, Special Assistant to the President until November
1951; Director for Mutual Security, November 1951–January 1953.
- Hassibi (Hasibi), Kazem, Associate of
Iranian Prime Minister Mosadeq; leader
of the Iranian National Front; Deputy in the 17th Majlis, 1952–1953.
- Hejazi, Major General
Abdol Hossein, Iranian Army; Commanding General of the 3d
Corps of the Iranian Army; Military Adviser to the Shah after September
1953.
- Henderson, Loy
W., Ambassador in Iran, September 29, 1951–December 30,
1954.
- Holmes, Julius
C., Minister in the United Kingdom, April 1951–December 1953;
Senior European Political Adviser, U.S. Delegation to the Ninth Session of
the General Assembly, November 1954; Special Assistant to the Assistant
Secretary of State for European Affairs after December 1954.
- Hoover, Herbert,
Jr., Appointed Consultant to the Secretary of State, October
14, 1953; Under Secretary of State, October 4, 1954–February 5, 1957.
- Humphrey, George
M., Secretary of the Treasury after January 21, 1953.
- Imam (Imami), Jumeh (Jamal), President of
the Iranian Majlis until July 1952.
- Jackson,
C.D., Special Assistant to the President, February 26,
1953–March 31, 1954; Representative, U.S. Delegation to the Ninth Session of
the General Assembly, November 1954.
- Jebb, Sir Gladwyn
Hubert Miles, British Permanent Representative at the United
Nations after June 1950; Ambassador in France after April 1954.
- Jernegan, John
D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern,
South Asian, and African Affairs after June 26, 1952.
- Jones, W.
Alton, President of City Services Company, Incorporated,
1940–1953; Chairman of the Board, City Services Company, Incorporated, after
1953.
- Kashani, Seyed
Ayatollah Abdol Ghassem, Iranian religious leader; founder of
Fedayan Islam in 1948; principal leader in the Iranian National Front;
President of the 17th Majlis, 1952–1953.
- Kazemi, Seyed
Baqer, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, April 1951–June
1952; Deputy Prime Minister of Iran and Minister for Finance, July
1952–August 1953.
- Kiani, General
Ataollah, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army until
August 19, 1953.
- Koegler,
George, Assistant to the President of Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey.
- Lay, James S.,
Jr., Executive Secretary of the National Security Council
after January 1950.
- Leathers Of Purfleet,
Lord (Frederick James Leathers), British Secretary of State
for the Coordination of Transport Fuel and Power after October 1951.
- Levy, Walter
J., Consultant to the Department of Defense, 1951–1954;
Economic Consultant on Oil, Adviser to W.
Averell Harriman on his mission as Special Representative of
President Truman in Iran,
July–September 1951; Consultant to the National Security Resources Board,
1952; Consultant to the Policy Planning Staff, Department of State,
1952–1953.
- Linder, Harold
F., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
from February 15, 1951; Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs,
December 12, 1952–May 15, 1953.
- Lovett, Robert
A., Secretary of Defense, September 1951–January 1953.
- Mcclure, Brigadier
General Robert A., United States Army; Chief of the United
States Military Mission with the Iranian Army and Chief of the United States
Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iran after 1953.
- Mcghee,
George, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs until December 18, 1951; Ambassador to Turkey, January
15, 1952–June 19, 1953.
- Mcgranery, James
P., Attorney General of the United States, May 27,
1952–January 21, 1953.
- Mcnair, Lord (Sir
Arnold Duncan McNair,) Judge on the International Court of
Justice at the Hague, 1946–1955; President of the International Court of
Justice, 1952–1955.
- Maki,
Hosein, Confidante of Iranian Prime Minister Mosadeq; member, Board of Directors of the
National Iranian Oil Company until December 1952; Deputy in the 17th Majlis,
1952–1953.
- Makins, Sir Roger
M., British Deputy Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs until December 30, 1952; British Ambassador in the United States
after January 7, 1953.
- Mansour (Mansur), Ali, Prime Minister of
Iran from 1950; Iranian Ambassador in Turkey after 1954.
- Matthews, H.
Freeman, Deputy Under Secretary of State, July 5,
1950–October 11, 1953; Ambassador in the Netherlands from November 25,
1953.
- Mattison, Gordon
H., Counselor of Embassy in Iran, April 1952–October
1953.
- Maud, Sir John
R.P., Permanent Secretary in the British Ministry of Fuel and
Power after 1952.
- Merchant, Livingston
T., Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Mutual
Security Affairs until March 24, 1952; Deputy to the United States Special
Representative in Europe at Paris until March 11, 1953; thereafter Assistant
Secretary of State for European Affairs.
- Metzger, Stanley
D., Assistant Legal Adviser for Economic Affairs, Department
of State, after April 29, 1951.
- Middleton, George
H., British Counselor of Embassy in Iran after January 20,
1951; Acting Chargé d’Affaires, January 20–October 31, 1952; Deputy British
High Commissioner for India after April 1, 1953.
- Morrison, Herbert
S., British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, March
9–October 26, 1951.
- Mosadeq (Mossadeq), Dr. Mohammad, Leader of
the Iranian National Front; Prime Minister of Iran, April 1951–July 5, 1952,
July 11–July 16, 1952; Prime Minister of Iran and Iranian Minister of
Defense, July 22, 1952–August 15, 1953.
- Murphy, Charles
S., Special Counsel to President Truman, 1952.
- Nasiri, Colonel
Nematollah, Iranian Army; Commander of the Iranian Imperial
Guard after 1954; responsible for delivering the Shah’s order of dismissal
to [Page XVI] Prime Minister Mosadeq on August 16, 1953, and subsequently
for arresting Prime Minister Mosadeq.
- Nasser, Ali
Asqar, Acting Governor of the Bank Melli Iran, 1951–1952;
Governor after 1952.
- Nitze, Paul
H., Director of the Policy Planning Staff, Department of
State, January 1950–April 1953.
- Nixon, Richard
M., Republican Senator from California, January 1952–January
1953; thereafter Vice President of the United States.
- Nolting, Frederick E.,
Jr., Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of State
from October 14, 1951; Acting Special Assistant to the Secretary of State
for Mutual Security Affairs after August 4, 1953; Special Assistant to the
Secretary of State for Mutual Security Affairs after January 4, 1954.
- Ohly, John
H., Assistant Director for Policy and Program Development in
the Office of the Director for Mutual Security after October 14, 1951;
Assistant Director for Programs in the Office of the Director for Mutual
Security after April 17, 1952; Deputy to the Director for Program and
Coordination in the Mutual Security Agency after March 23, 1953; Deputy
Director for Program and Planning in the Foreign Operations Administration
after October 1, 1953.
- Page, Edward,
Jr., Counselor in the Office of the United States Special
Representative in Europe, at Paris; United States Representative on the
Brussels Treaty Working Party after June 1953.
- Pahlavi, Prince Ali
Reza, younger brother of Mohammad
Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah of Iran; next in the line of
succession to the throne.
- Pahlavi, Princess
Ashraf, twin sister of Mohammad
Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.
- Pahlavi, Mohammad
Reza, Shah of Iran.
- Pahlavi, Soraya
Esfandiari-Bakhtiari, Queen of Iran after February
1951.
- Penfield, James
K., Counselor of Embassy in the United Kingdom after July 18,
1950; Deputy Chief of Mission in Austria after August 13, 1954.
- Perkins, George
W., Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs until
January 31, 1953.
- Phleger,
Herman, Legal Adviser of the Department of State from
February 2, 1953.
- Pirnia,
Baqer, Under Secretary of the Iranian Ministry of Finance
until 1958.
- Prud’Homme, Hector
C., Loan Officer, International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.
- Qavam Es
Sultaneh, Ahme, Prime Minister of Iran, 1942–1943,
1946–1947, and July 16–July 22, 1952.
- Radford, Admiral
Arthur W., United States Navy; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff after August 15, 1953.
- Rau, B.N.,
Indian Representative at the United Nations.
- Raynor, G.
Hayden, Director of the Office of British Commonwealth and
Northern European Affairs, Department of State, from March 4, 1951.
- Razmara, Lieutenant
General Haji Ali, Iranian Army; Prime Minister of Iran, June
26, 1950–March 7, 1951.
- Riahi, Brigadier
General Taqi, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Army, March
1–August 19, 1953.
- Richards, Arthur
L., Counselor of Embassy in Iran after May 24, 1949; Director
of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs, Department of State,
after June 23, 1952; Consul General in Istanbul after September 15,
1954.
- Ridgway, General
Matthew B., United States Army; Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe, June 1952–May 1953; Chief of Staff of the United States Army, August
1953–June 30, 1955.
- Rieber,
Torkild, Chairman of the Board of the Texas Oil Company,
1935–1940; Technical Oil Adviser, International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development; President of the Barber Oil Company, 1942–1956.
- Rouhani,
Fuad. See
Ruwni, Fuad.
- Rountree, William
M., Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian
Affairs, Department of State, from August 7, 1950; Deputy Chief of Mission
in Turkey from June and Counselor of Embassy from August 1952; Counselor of
Embassy in Iran after October 1953.
- Ruwani,
Fuad, Director General and Legal Adviser of the National Iranian
Oil Company after August 1953.
- Saleh, Ali
Pasha, Iranian Consultant to the United States Embassy in
Iran.
- Saleh,
Allahyar, Leader of the Iran Party, a component of Mosadeq’s National Front; Iranian Ambassador
in the United States from September 1953.
- Salisbury, Lord (Robert
A.J.G. Cecil), British Secretary of State for Commonwealth
Relations, March–December 1952; Acting Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, June–October 1953.
- Sanjabi, Dr.
Karim, Professor of Adminstrative Law at the University of
Tehran; Confidante of Prime Minister Mosadeq; Iranian Minister of Education, April–December 1951;
participant in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company case as a judge on the
International Court of Justice, 1952; Deputy in the 17th Majlis,
1952–1953.
- Sauer, Walter
C., Vice President of the Export-Import Bank,
1952–1953.
- Serpell, David
Radford, Under Secretary in the British Treasury after
1954.
- Shayegan (Shaygan), Dr.
Seyid Ali, Iranian jurist and a confidante of Prime Minister
Mosadeq; member of the Iran Party
and a leader of the National Front; Deputy in the 17th Majlis,
1952–1953.
- Shepherd, Sir Francis
M., British Ambassador in Iran until January 20, 1952.
- Smith, Walter
Bedell, Director of Central Intelligence after October 7,
1950; Under Secretary of State, February 9, 1953–October 1, 1954.
- Snow, Harold
E., Deputy Director of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company after
1946; Managing Director after 1952.
- Sohely,
Ali, Iranian Ambassador in the United Kingdom until January 1952
and after March 1954.
- Stassen, Harold
E., Director for Mutual Security after January 20, 1953;
Director of Foreign Operations after August 1, 1953.
- Steel, Sir
Christopher, British Minister in the United States, November
1, 1950–July 15, 1953.
- Stevens, Sir Roger
B., British Ambassador in Sweden after December 1951; British
Ambassador in Iran after February 1954.
- Stokes, Richard
R., Lord Privy Seal with the British Labour Government until
April 1951; British Minister of Materials, July–October 1951.
- Strang, Sir
William, British Permanent Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs until November 1953.
- Stutesman, John H.,
Jr., Second Secretary and Consul in Iran after June 20, 1952;
Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs, Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian
Affairs, Department of State, after September 15, 1952.
- Thorp, Willard
L., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs until
November 15, 1952.
- Truman, Harry
S., President of the United States until January 20,
1953.
- Vandenberg, General
Hoyt S., Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force until
June 29, 1953.
- Warne, William
E., Director of the United States Technical Cooperation
Administration Mission in Iran after November 8, 1951.
- Waugh, Samuel
C., Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs after
June 5, 1953.
- Wilson, Charles
Erwin, Secretary of Defense after January 28, 1953.
- Wooldridge, Rear
Admiral Edmund T., United States Navy; Senior Staff
Representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the National Security Council
until 1954; Vice Admiral as of April 1954.
- Wright, Denis
A.H., Head of the Economic Relations Department in the
British Foreign Office until December 1953; thereafter Counselor of the
British Embassy in Iran.
- Wright, Vice Admiral
Jerauld, United States Navy; United States member on the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Standing Group; Commander in Chief of the
United States Naval Forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean,
1952–1954.
- Yazdanpanah, Lieutenant
Greneral Morteza, Iranian Army; Iranian Minister of War,
December 1951–June 1952; Aide de Camp to the Shah of Iran, 1954.
- Zahedi,
Ardeshir, son of Prime Minister Fazlollah Zahedi of Iran; Administrative Deputy in the
United States Point Four Mission, 1950–1952; Civil Adjutant to the Shah of
Iran after August 1953.
- Zahedi, Major General
Fazlollah, Iranian Army member of the Iranian Senate until
August 1953; Prime Minister of Iran and Minister of the Interior, August 15,
1953–April 6, 1955.