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Department Seal FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1964-1968, Volume XXII
Iran

Department of State
Washington, DC

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Index N-R

Naficy, 91
Nasser, Gamal A. (see also Arab threat to Iran; United Arab Republic), 29, 52, 58, 71, 84, 107, 108, 136, 162, 217, 220, 245, 247-248, , 327-329, 379-381, 392, 394, 416, 425, 513
National Communications System (NIMCOMS), 524-525
National Front, 33, 45, 48, 62, 141, 383
National Intelligence and Security Organization (SAVAK), 44, 128, 215, 323, 338, 471
National Intelligence Estimates:

NIE 34-64, 41-54
NIE 34-66, 223-224

National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), 578
National Policy Paper on Iran, U.S., 341-351
National Security Council (NSC) Action No. 348, 554
Nationalism, Arab, 247, 491-492
Navy, Iranian. See Naval capabilities under Military Assistance Program (MAP).
Newberry, Daniel O., 309n
Newcomer, Gen. Henry C., 523-525
New Iran Party, 14, 44, 103, 492
Ngo Dinh Diem, 196, 335
NIE. See National Intelligence Estimates.
Nitze, Paul H., 423, 427
Nixon, Richard M., 561, 562, 564, 573, 580
Non-aggression pact, Soviet-Iranian, 169, 171
Non-aggression treaty between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries, 4-5, 11, 58
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 4-5, 11, 58
Northrop Corporation, 547

O'Brien, 457
Oil issues, 46, 65, 121, 341, 421, 458, 473, 578

Barter, Iran's desire to use, 529, 549, 568
Conpagnie Francaise des Petroles (CFP), 452, 466, 480
Consortium, 75, 120, 231, 239, 324-326, 418-419, 432-434, 442, 451-453, 457-459, 465-466, 469, 473-474, 480, 484, 492-496, 550
Increasing revenues, 35-36, 47, 71, 228, 577
Kharg Island, 185, 197, 203, 315-316, 418
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 14, 47, 75, 120, 262
Revenues, 216, 231, 233, 261-262, 271, 329, 331, 397-398, 432-434, 451-452, 457-459, 465-466, 482-484
Shah-Johnson communications, 225-226, 437, 455-456, 552-553
Shah visit to the U.S., 77, 79-80, 82, 406, 421, 428, 520-521
Soviet Union and, 353, 375-376, 382, 458, 459, 480-481
Venezuela, 432-433

Oliver, John, G., 451n
Oomi, Ayatollah, 215
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 14, 47, 75, 120, 262

Padelford, Edward A., Jr., 13n, 24n
Page, Howard W., 75, 79, 82
Pahlavi, Muhammad Reza Shah (see also Political situation; Shah subheadings under other subjects), 104, 127, 190, 192, 197, 355, 426, 440, 513, 534, 562

Afro-Asian Conference in Algiers, 149, 160
Arab-Israeli conflict (see also Six-Day War below), 387, 390-395, 426, 439-440, 464-465
Arab threat to Iran, 19, 35, 162, 203-204, 231-232, 392-393, 425, 463, 486-487, 489-490
Assassination attempt, 138, 140, 140n, 150
Attitude d U.S., 189-190, 299-300, 464-475, 477-481
Central Treaty Organization, 7, 28, 169, 232, 332-333
CIA assessments, 227-228, 238-239, 365-366, 380-384, 409-411, 440-441
Commencement ceremony, demonstration against, 36-37
Eastern Europe, 327-328, 331
Fulbright's criticisms, 361-365, 370-373
Gudarzian case, 111-113, 117-119, 129-130, 135-136, 170, 187-189, 197
Harriman, meetings with, 206, 326-331, 384-387, 438-439, 442-443, 446-448
Internal security concerns, 11-12, 161-162, 328-329, 352, 385, 539-542
Intelligence operations in Iran, U.S., 52-53
Johnson, communications with, 1-8, 19-21, 182-183, 151, 218-219, 222-226, 229, 230, 287-289, 292-294, 313-314, 317, 387, 390-391, 436-438, 449, 454-456, 459-460, 552-553
Johnson, meeting with, 75, 80-81
Khuzistan, 35, 269
Military equipment, requests for, 6, 10-11, 20-21, 28, 185-187, 204-205, 219-221, 230, 238-239, 262-265, 270, 295-296, 315, 437-438, 455-456, 459-460, 501-502, 527-528, 552 557

Aircraft, 73-74, 186
Annual Review, 128-129, 161-162, 252-253, 259, 373-376
Harriman, meetings with, 327-328, 446-447
Hoopes trip to Iran, 311-312, 314, 317
Johnson, communications with, 6, 218-219
Modernization program, 29-31, 34, 64-66, 145-146
Five-year plan (1965-1969), 99-100
Peterson Report, 236-237, 245-246
Rusk's visit to Iran, 233-234
Shah's discontent with U.S. response, 15, 181-182, 190-191, 203, 237, 470, 512
Soviet Union as supplier, 270, 272-280, 282-284, 291-294, 315-316, 353-354, 425-426, 430, 441, 557
Tanks, 565-566
U.K. withdrawal from the Middle East and, 564-565
U.S. visit and, 76-77, 81-89, 520, 522

Nasser, concerns about, 162, 425
Nixon, communications with, 562
Oil issues, 35-36, 77, 79-80, 82, 225-226, 231, 261-262, 329, 331, 353, 406, 418-419, 421, 428, 437, 442-443, 455-459, 473, 474, 478, 480, 492, 520-521, 552-553
Pakistan, 196, 203, 217, 264, 333, 381, 426, 489
Persian Gulf vulnerability (see also Arab threat to Iran; Internal security concerns above), 424, 495-496
Political situation, 3, 11-12, 54-55, 142, 168-170, 491-493
Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD), 335-336
Roosevelt, meeting with, 299-300
Rusk's visits to Iran, 133-137, 233-234, 332-338:
Saudi Arabia, 192, 469-471, 477
Senatorial criticisms of Iran, 395, 398
Six-Day War (see also Arab-Israeli conflict above), 384-387, 390-395, 464-465
Soviet-Iranian relations (see also under Military equipment, requests for above), 63, 165, 190, 203-204, 353, 441
Succession issues, 383, 431
Twenty-fifth anniversary of accession, 180
United Kingdom, 192, 299-300, 479, 564-565
U.S. visits:

May-June 1964, 12-13, 55-56, 60-63, 66-91
August 1967, 366-368, 396-408, 412-429
June 1968, 476, 514-515, 518-529, 531-534, 542-552

Vietnam, 148, 151, 165, 168, 180, 191, 196, 201, 206, 218, 220, 222, 326-330, 334, 401, 428, 438-439, 519

Pahlavi, (Prince) Muhammad Reza Shah, 111-113, 117-119, 129-130, 132, 135-136, 164-165, 170, 177, 187-188, 197, 354, 408, 431
Pahlavi University, 68
Pakistan, 4, 52, 92, 168, 169, 182-183, 185, 200, 232, 292, 335, 381, 409-410, 416, 438

China, People's Republic of, relations with, 150, 409-410, 426
Intelligence installations in, U.S., 166, 172, 174, 175, 260-261
Shah's attitude toward, 196, 203, 217, 264, 333, 381, 489

Pakravan, Gen. Hasan, 127
Palestine, 208
PanAm, 35
Parkhurst, George L., 75, 79, 82
Parsons, Howard, 124-125
Patricelli, Robert E., 233
Peace Corps, 1-2, 20, 133
Persian Gulf vulnerability (see also Arab threat to Iran), 203, 220, 352, 375, 463, 478, 495-496, 540, 548-549, 551

Territorial disagreements, 513-514
U.K. withdrawal from the Middle East and, 143, 192, 299-300, 355, 483, 523, 529, 564-565, 574-575

Peterson Report, 234-237, 242, 245-246, 263, 308, 478, 548-549
Police, 15, 17, 41, 128, 215, 324
Political situation (see also Economic situation; Oil issues), 100, 207-208, 329, 332, 338, 405-406

Anti-regime groups in the U.S., 37-39, 68, 365-366
Assassination attempt on the Shah, 138, 150
Bahai sect, 127
CIA assessments, 62, 63, 141-142
CIA subsidization of anti-Iranian students, 365-366
Congress, U.S., 361-365, 370-373, 395, 398, 435-436, 499, 504, 516, 558
Credit bill in Iran authorizing purchase of military equipment, 107-108
Demonstrations against the Shah, 36-37, 68, 82, 84, 90-91, 141, 150, 177, 196, 407-409, 415, 429, 481, 529, 537-539
Diplomatic immunity for U.S. employees of Defense Department, 103-104, 108-110, 114-115
Food issues, 355
History of the Pahlavi dynasty, 431
Hoveyda's assessments, 338
Independent foreign policy and, 50-52, 63, 223-224, 343-347, 385-386, 440, 497, 519
Intelligence operations in Iran, U.S., 52-53, 166-167, 172-179, 260-261
Interdepartmental Regional Group (IRG), 497
Internal security concerns and, 13-18, 183-185, 207-208, 321-324, 497
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 26-27, 33-34, 102, 110-111, 113-114, 122-123, 215
Kurds, 7-8, 16, 28, 45, 144, 322
Mansur, assassination of, 126-128
National Intelligence and Security Organization (SAVAK), 44, 128, 215, 323, 338, 471
National Policy Paper on Iran, U.S., 341-351
Opposition groups (see also Khomeini above), 214-215
Parliament, 14, 15
Parties, political:

Islamic Nations Party, 214
Mardom Party, 383
National Front, The, 33, 45, 48, 62, 141, 383
New Iran Party, 14, 44, 103, 492
Tudeh (Communist) Party, 45, 62, 323, 328, 331, 342, 383

"Positive Nationalism," 491-493
Regency Council, designation, 431
Reforms, 3, 11-12, 15-16, 54-55, 68, 71, 73, 116-117, 133-134, 142, 168-170, 383-384

National Policy Paper, U.S., 341-351
NIE 34-64, 41-52
NIE 34-66, 223-224

Succession issues, 383, 431
Water issues, 355

Pollard, Capt. (DOD), 13n
Polstein, Martin, 361
Preble, Col. M. R., 13n, 24n
Prince Mahmud Reza. See Pahlavi, (Prince) Muhammad Reza Shah.

Qassim, 192
Qatar, 467, 483n
Qomi, 27
Queen Farah, 380

Raborn, Adm., William F., 152, 201, 260
Radio stations, Arab, 107, 193, 476
Rail link, Turkey-Iran, 17
Rasai, Adm., 488
Ras al-Khaimah, 483n
Read, Benjamin H., 129-130, 560
Reap, Joseph W., 90n
Reed (DOD), 274n, 501, 566n
Reed (IBRD), 83
Reforms. See under Political situation.
Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD), 335-336, 347
Regionalism, 169, 232, 335-336, 347, 352, 416, 440
Reinhardt, George Frderick, 331
Religion (see also Khomeini, Ayatollah), 127, 141, 207-208
Reza Shah the Great, 431
Riazi, 104
Ripley, Dillon, 529
Roberts, Goronwy, 448
Rockefeller, David, 579
Rockwell, Stuart W., 103-104, 107-114, 133, 165, 304, 361, 362n, 376, 428n, 442-443, 486, 485n, 501, 510n, 542n, 564n, 566n, 574, 577
Romania, 327, 335, 353, 480
Roosevelt, Kermit, 299-300
Roosevelt, Theodore, 356
Rosen (IFC), 83
Rostow, Walt W., 75, 78, 240-241, 250, 282n, 300, 313n, 330n, 389n, 415, 451, 453n, 464-465, 471, 477-479, 482, 509n, 513, 560, 573

Ansary, meeting with, 461-462, 464, 535-536
Economic situation in Iran, 336, 423, 530-531
Intelligence operations in Iran, U.S., 260-261
Military Assistance Program (MAP), 228-229, 368-370, 507-509, 528
Military sales to Iran, 251-252, 254-257, 285-286, 305-306, 311-312, 317, 453-454
Oil issues, 493-495
Shah visits to the U.S., 367-368, 416-417, 476, 514-515, 522-523, 525-526, 531-532, 543-545
Soviet sales of military equipment to Iran, 300-302
Vietnam, 438-439

Rowan, Carl T., 152
Rusk, Dean, 60n, 73n, 127, 138, 146-147, 334-335, 362n, 384,395, 414, 421, 563

Arab threat to Iran, 67, 136-137, 333, 336
Gudarzian case, 132, 135-136
Intelligence operations in Iran, U.S., 53n, 166-167, 174-175, 521-522
Iraq, 336
Military equipment, Shah's requests, 233-234, 281-282, 320, 423, 527-528, 542-543, 563, 574
Military equipment sales to Iran, 368-370, 519-520, 574-576
Oil issues, 120-121, 332, 400, 465-466, 484, 495, 520-521, 568, 577-578
PL-480 assistance, 320-333
Political situation in Iran, 133-134, 332, 519
Shah, meetings with, 332-338, 423, 527-528
Soviet-Iranian relations, 399-400
Six-Day War, 388-389, 399
United Arab Republic, 336
U.S.-Iranian military cooperation, 400, 519, 566-568
Vietnam, 133-134, 332, 438-439
Visits to Iran, 134-137, 233-234, 332-338

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