Increased U.S. Military Aid to Iran and the Iranian Role in Middle East Defense, U.S. Economic Aid and Loans to Iran, Iran’s Adherence to the Baghdad Pact, and Participation of American and Foreign Oil Companies in Iran’s Oil Development 1
1. For previous documentation on U.S. relations with Iran, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, volume X.
376. Memorandum for the Record by the Chief of the Military Advisory Assistance Group in Iran (Seitz)
Source: Department of State, GTI Files: Lot 60 D 533, Iran, U.S. military assistance to, 1957. Secret.
377. Letter From the Counselor of the Embassy in Iran (Stevens) to the Officer in Charge of Iranian Affairs (Hannah)
Source: Department of State, GTI Files: Lot 60 D 533, Iran, Official Informal Letters from Tehran, 1957. Secret; Official–Informal.
378. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Greek, Turkish, and Iranian Affairs (Jones) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Bowie)
Source: Department of State, GTI Files: Lot 60 D 533, Iran, U.S. Iranian Relations, 1957. Secret. Drafted by Hannah. Bowie was also the Department of State representative on the NSC Planning Board.
379. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/1–1757. Secret.
381. National Intelligence Estimate
Source: Department of State, INR–NIE Files. Secret. National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) were high-level interdepartmental reports on foreign policy problems, drafted by officers from those agencies represented on the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC), discussed and revised by an interdepartmental working group coordinated by the Office of National Estimates of the CIA, approved by the IAC, and circulated under the aegis of the CIA to the President, appropriate officers of cabinet level, and the NSC. The Department of State provided all political and some economic sections of NIEs.
NIE 34–57 superseded NIE 34–54, “The Outlook for Iran,” December 7, 1954. (Ibid.)
382. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 788.00/1–2357. Secret.
383. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/1–2457. Secret.
384. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/1–1757. Secret; Priority. Drafted by W. Van Dusen of FSD and Smith, cleared by GTI and WE, and approved by Rountree.
386. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/1–3157. Secret.
387. Briefing Paper
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5703/1 Series. Top Secret. No drafting information appears on the source text. According to a covering memorandum from Marion W. Boggs to the Planning Board, February 5, this paper was for the use of Cutler in briefing the NSC on February 7.
388. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Kalijarvi) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5703 Series. Top Secret. Drafted by James A. Lynn and Milner L. Dunn of the Bureau of Economic Affairs.
389. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5703 Series. Top Secret. Drafted by Hannah and concurred in by Barnes, Murphy, and Kalijarvi, who added as a comment a copy of his memorandum to the Secretary, supra . According to a covering note from Fisher Howe to Dulles, February 6, Murphy approved this paper and read Kalijarvi’s comment. Murphy did not, to use Howe’s words, “feel that any disagreement on policy is involved, but has suggested to Mr. Kalijarvi that he attend the NSC briefing in order to present E’s views.”
390. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Policy Planning (Bowie) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Cutler)
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5703 Series. Secret. Drafted by William Leonhardt, Department of State NSC Planning Board Assistant.
391. Memorandum of Discussion at the 312th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, February 7, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on February 8.
392. National Security Council Report
Source: Department of State, S/S-NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5703 Series. Top Secret.
393. Despatch From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 788.11/3–1157. Secret. Also sent to KhorramShahr, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Meshed. Passed to London, Moscow, Ankara, Baghdad, Kabul, Karachi, Jidda, New Delhi, Madrid, Rome, Bern, Dhahran, and Kuwait.
394. Telegram From the Embassy in Italy to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/3–1857. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Tehran, London, and The Hague.
395. Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/3–1957. Secret; Priority. Repeated to Rome, London, and The Hague.
396. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2557. Secret. Repeated to Karachi, Kabul, London, Paris, Amman, Cairo, Damascus, Baghdad, Tripoli, Jidda, Beirut, Athens, Rabat, Tunis, Addis Ababa, Aden, Khartoum, New Delhi, Rome, and Tel Aviv.
Ambassador James P. Richards was sent as Eisenhower’s Special Assistant to 15 Middle East nations between March and May 1957 with the task of explaining the Eisenhower Doctrine. Richards visited Iran March 23–27. (Despatch 936 from Tehran, April 16; ibid., 120.1580/4–1657) See also Document 214. For additional documentation on the Richards Mission, see Document 184 ff.
397. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2757. Secret. Also sent to Ankara and Baghdad and repeated to Tehran.
398. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2757. Secret. Repeated to Tehran, Kabul, Baghdad, London, Paris, Cairo, Amman, Jidda, Ankara, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Aden, Beirut, Athens, Khartoum, Rabat, Tunis, Tripoli, Addis Ababa, and New Delhi.
399. Telegram From the President’s Special Assistant (Richards) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 120.1580/3–2857. Secret. Also sent to Tehran, London, Paris, Ankara, and Baghdad; repeated to Tripoli, Cairo, Khartoum, Addis Ababa, Jidda, Amman, Tel Aviv, Damascus, Beirut, Kabul, Athens, Tunis, Rabat, Rome, and New Delhi.
400. Telegram From the Department of State of the Embassy in Iran
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/3–2957. Secret; Priority. Drafted in GTI and cleared with FSD, ITR, WE, RA, and NE. Repeated to London and Rome.
401. Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation Between Mr. McLaughlin of the Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and the Chief of the Fuels Division (Beckner), Washington, April 16, 1957
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/4–1657. Official Use Only. Drafted by Beckner on April 22.
402. Memorandum of Discussion at the 334th Meeting of the National Security Council, Washington, August 8, 1957
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Gleason on August 9.
403. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Cumming) to the Under Secretary of State (Herter)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 888.2553/8–2057. Secret. Drafted by C. Dirck Keyser, Seymour Goodman, Herbert Glantz, and Thomas Fina all of INR.
404. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Ambassador in Iran (Chapin)
Source: Department of State, Tehran Embassy Files: Lot 62 F 43, 322.1 Bahrein Dispute. Secret; Official-Informal.
405. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern, South Asian, and African Affairs (Rountree) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5703 Series. Secret. Drafted by Howard Ashford and cleared by Jones.