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he Oil Crisis in Iran, 1951-1953

President Truman, Dean Acheson, George C. Marshall, W. Averell Harriman, and reporters

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This collection focuses on the Anglo-Iranian oil crisis in Iran, 1949-1953. The collection includes 127 documents totaling 419 pages, photographs, oral histories, and public papers.

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1949

November

Interview between the President and the Shah of Iran. Also present were Ambassador Ala and Secretary of State Acheson, November 18, 1949 (3 pages) | (PDF)

1950

September

Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Memorandum Number 332, "Current Iranian Problem", September 20, 1950(2 pages) | (PDF)

1951

Draft of Letter from Prseident Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Clement Attlee, ca. 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

March

"A Report to the National Security Council by the Executive Secretary on The Position of the United States with Respect to Iran," National Security Council Report 107, March 14, 1951 (16 pages) | (PDF)

May

Department of State Press Release, United States Position on Iranian Oil Situation, May 18, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

President Harry S. Truman to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, with Attached Correspondence from Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, May 29, 1951 (9 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from President Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Clement Atlee, May 31, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

June

State Department Brochure, “Background: Iran: Point of World Interest", ca. June 1951 (8 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, with Related Material, June 1, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, June 7, 1951 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, June 13, 1951 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Department of State Press Release, Statement by Dean Acheson, June 27, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, June 28, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

July

Memorandum from George McGhee to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, July 7, 1951 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks of Great Britain, H. Freeman Matthews, and George C. McGhee, July 7, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Cornelia Bryce Pinchot to Matthew Connelly, July 8, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Text of Letter from Mohammed Mossadegh to Harry S. Truman, July 11, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks of Great Britain, H. Freeman Matthews, John D. Hickerson, and George C. McGhee, July 11, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, July 12, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, July 12, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks of Great Britain, H. Freeman Matthews, W. Averell Harriman, and George C. McGhee, July 12, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

President Harry S. Truman to Averell Harriman, with Related Material, July 13, 1951 (18 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, July 17, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 12:55 p.m., July 19, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 3:11 p.m., July 19, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Correspondence Between Henry Grady and Willard Kiplinger, July 20, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Correspondence Between President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Emanuel Celler, July 23, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with the President, July 23, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 11:06 a.m., July 24, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 1:00 p.m., July 24, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 2;20 p.m., July 24, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the American Embassy in London, England, July 24, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 2:06 p.m., July 24, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 2:56 p.m., July 24, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, July 25, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, July 26, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Averell Harriman and Henry Grady, July 26, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 5:15 a.m., July 27, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 2:49 a.m., July 27, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Dean Acheson, 12:55 p.m., July 27, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to the American Embassy in London, July 27, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 7:38 a.m., July 27, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 11:55 a.m., July 28, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 7:50 p.m., July 28, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 1:31 a.m., July 28, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 7:09 a.m., July 29, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 10:52 p.m., July 29, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 4:33 a.m., July 29, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 11:31 a.m., July 29, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 5:13 p.m., July 29, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 12:48 a.m., July 29, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, July 30, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

August

Telegram from Averell Harriman to President Harry S. Truman, ca. August 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 1, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 4:02 a.m., August 1, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Walter Gifford to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 1, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 2, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador of Great Britain Sir Oliver Franks and H. Freeman Matthews, August 2, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum from William Langer to Walter B. Smith, August 3, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Averell Harriman, August 3, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 3, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Letter from Henry Grady to Willard Kiplinger, August 3, 1951(2 pages) | (PDF)

Statement of President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Internal Memoranda, August 6, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 8, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 12, 1951 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 8:05 a.m., August 13, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 6:07 a.m., August 13, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 14, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 16, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Press Secretary Joseph Short to Senator Edwin Johnson, with Related Material, August 16, 1951 (12 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Dean Acheson, August 17, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 18, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 3:35 p.m., August 19, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 8:53 a.m., August 19, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 3:11 p.m., August 19, 1951 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 11:51 a.m., August 19, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum from W.J. McWilliams to William Hopkins, with Attachment, August 20, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum from Burton Y. Berry to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 20, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 20, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 6:25 a.m., August 22, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 12:40 p.m., August 22, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 5:42 a.m., August 22, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 8:52 a.m., August 23, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Press Release, Statement by President Harry S. Truman, August 23, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 10:01 a.m., August 23, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Letter from Henry Grady to President Harry S. Truman, August 24, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Henry Grady to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 24, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Julius Holmes to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 1:07 p.m., August 28, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Telegram from Julius Holmes to Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 11:36 p.m., August 28, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Henry Grady, August 30, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

September

Memorandum from Wallace Carroll to Gordon Gray, with Attachment, September 14, 1951 (6 pages) | (PDF)

Letter from Averell Harriman to Harry S. Truman, September 19, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum from William Korns to Gordon Gray, September 21, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

October

Memorandum of Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State George C. McGhee and Representatives of United States Oil Companies, October 10, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Report from the Central Intelligence Agency, "Analysis of Iranian Political Situation", October 12, 1951 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum, "Near East, Iran, U.S. Views", October 12, 1951 (2 pages) | (PDF)

"A Report to the National Security Council by the Secretary of Defense on the Anglo-Iranian Problem," National Security Council Report 117, October 18, 1951 (7 pages) | (PDF)

Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, October 22, 1951 (9 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with President Harry S. Truman, Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq of Iran and Lieutenant Colonel Walters, October 23, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq of Iran, Assistant Secretary of State George C. McGhee, Paul Nitze and Lieutenant Colonel Walters, October 24, 1951 (7 pages) | (PDF)

November

Letter from Harry S. Truman to Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq, with Related Material, November 14, 1951 (21 pages) | (PDF)

Charles Murphy to James Webb, November 14, 1951 (1 page) | (PDF)

Under Secretary of State James Webb to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachment, November 16, 1951 (8 pages) | (PDF)

December

Letter from Mrs. Gustav Schwab to President Harry S. Truman, with a Reply from Joseph Short, December 14, 1951(2 pages) | (PDF)

Letter from Nasrollah Entezam to Henry Grady, with Attached and Related Correspondence, December 18, 1951 (3 pages) | (PDF)

1952

Memorandum for the President, ca. 1952 (8 pages) | (PDF)

January

Report, "Steering Group on Preparations for the Talks Between the President and Prime Minister Churchill: Iran", January 5, 1952 (11 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Ambassador Averell Harriman, January 14, 1952 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum from John S. Earman to Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, with Attachments, January 18, 1952 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Letter from Nasrollah Entezam to Henry Grady, January 24, 1952 (2 pages) | (PDF)

February

Letter from Nasrollah Entezam to Henry Grady, February 5, 1952 (2 pages) | (PDF)

July

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with President Harry S. Truman, July 31, 1952 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks of Great Britain, Paul Nitze, and Henry Byroade, July 31, 1952 (2 pages) | (PDF)

August

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation with Ambassador Sir Oliver Franks of Great Britain, August 12, 1952 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Former Senator Millard Tydings, August 20, 1952 (5 pages) | (PDF)

Minutes of Meeting with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, Averell Harriman, David Bruce, Henry Byroade and C. Vaughan Ferguson, August 21, 1952 (9 pages) | (PDF)

September

Memorandum from Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Harry S. Truman, September 24, 1952 (1 page) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Allahyer Saleh of Iran and President Harry S. Truman, September 24, 1952 (2 pages) | (PDF)

October

Telegram from Dean Acheson to Harry S. Truman, with Related Material, October 1, 1952 (3 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Ambassador Allah-Yar Seleh of Iran and John Stutesman, Jr., October 3, 1952 (2 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum from Dean Acheson to Harry S. Truman, with Attachments, October 9, 1952 (4 pages) | (PDF)

Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Loy Henderson and Walter Gifford, with Related Correspondence, October 12, 1952 (7 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Conversation with Camille Gutt and Paul Nitze, October 16, 1952 (4 pages) | (PDF)

November

Memorandum for Discussion, "Iran", ca. November 1952 (4 pages) | (PDF)

National Intelligence Estimate, NIE-75, “Probable Developments in Iran Through 1953”, November 13, 1952 (9 pages) | (PDF)

Memorandum of Meeting with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett, Averell Harriman, and President-Elect Dwight D. Eisenhower, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Joseph M. Dodge, November 18, 1952 (9 pages) | (PDF)

December

Memorandum of Conversation with United States Ambassador to Iran Loy Henderson, Harold F. Linder, Henry Byroade, James C. Bonbright, Foy D. Kohler, and Mr. Richards, December 10, 1952 (1 page) | (PDF)