Index1
- Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. See Ibn Saud.
- Abdul Hah, Amir, 5, 15, 586, 691–693, 703–704, 784, 1025n
- Abdullah, Amir, 692n , 706–707, 750, 826
- Acheson, Dean G.:
- Activities and views regarding: Egypt, 97; Greece, 128–129, 348–349; Iran, 536–538; Saudi Arabia, 861–863, 895–896; Syria and Lebanon, 1023n ; Turkey, 1287–1289
- Conversations with: Ala, 500–501; Halifax, 979–981, 991–993; Hassan, 756–758; Truman and Bard, 902–903; Wright, 836–837
- Correspondence with: Ala, 494; Bonnet, 663; Mundt, 536–538; Silvercruys, 659; Roosevelt, 587–588; Truman, 290, 299, 753–754, 956–958, 1316–1317
- Açikalin, Cevat, 1223, 1250–1251, 1259–1260, 1294–1298, 1302–1305
- Adl, Mostafa, 369–370
- Afghanistan, 1024
- Africa-Middle East Theater, 425, 578n
- Air transport agreements. See Civil air transport agreements.
- Air Transport Command, 375, 379, 392–393, 409–410, 412, 416, 939, 943–944
- Ala, Hussein, 384–387, 405–406, 434, 459–463, 500–501
- Albania. See under Greece.
- Alexander, Sir Harold R. L. G., 1100
- Algeria, the uprising in, 30–32
- Allen, George V., 513–514, 722–723
- Ailing, Paul H., 640–641, 658–660, 662, 668–672, 1053–1056, 1074n
- American Council for Judaism, 688n
- American Eastern Corporation, 851, 912
- American Economic Mission in the Middle East, 40n
- American University at Beirut, 1009n
- Anderiman, Süreyya, 1224
- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. See under Palestine.
- Anglo-American Petroleum Commission, 59
- Anglo-Iranian (Persian) Oil Company (See also Iran: Oil), 49–63 passim
- Ansari, Gen. Ali Gholi Khan, 367–368
- Antonov, Nikola, 1276–1277
- Arab League. See League of Arab States.
- Arab unity (see also League of Arab States) 13, 25–29
- Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco), 791, 863, 865, 870n , 871, 913, 917–918, 938–939, 941–942, 949, 953n , 961–963, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1016
- Arfa, Gen. Hassan, 365–368 passim, 464, 486
- Argyrocastro, Bishop of, 353
- Argyropoulos, Alexander, 215–216, 269–270
- Armenia. See Turkey: Armenians.
- Armour, Norman, 606–607, 638
- Athanassiades, Bodossakis, 124–125
- Atlantic Charter, cited, 28, 36, 90, 96, 361, 455, 488, 681, 696, 744–745, 791–794 passim, 875n
- Attlee, Clement R., 135, 719, 737–741, 753
- Automatic Telephone & Electric Company, Ltd., 273–274
- Await, Fred H., 879
- Azerbaijan, rebellion in. See under Iran.
- Azzam, Abdul Rahman, 30–31, 32n
- Bader, Mahmoud, 555–558
- Balfour Declaration. See under Palestine.
- Balfour, John, 1085–1087, 1097, 1107–1108, 1189
- Banque Mellie Iran, 567–568
- Bard, Ralph A., 861, 880n , 895–896, 902–903
- Barkley, Sen. Alben W., 895–896, 901
- Baxter, Charles W., 428, 440–441
- Baxter, William O., 138–139, 296n , 1182–1183
- Bayat, Morteza Qoli, 438–439, 539–563 passim
- Baydur, Hüseyin Ragip, 1239–1241, 1246–1247, 1249–1250, 1264–1265, 1287–1289
- Belgium, 645–646, 659
- Bell, D. W., 567–568, 964n
- Ben-Gurion, David, 713–715, 730n
- Berlin Conference. See Conference of Berlin (Potsdam).
- Bermuda Telecommunications Conference, Nov. 21–Dec. 4, 1029–1031
- Bevin, Ernest:
- Beynet, Gen. Paul E., 1062, 1070, 1077–1079, 1080n , 1082–1083, 1085–1091, 1098–1101, 1111–1112, 1130–1133, 1148, 1156, 1161
- Bidault, Georges, activities and views regarding Syria and Lebanon:
- Biltmore Program, 730–731
- Bird, Sir Francis Stonehewer, 20
- Biryuzov, Col. Gen. Sergey Semenovich, 309
- Bishop, William W., Jr., 1189–1191
- Black, Albert B., 539–540, 550–553, 555n
- Board, Sir Vyvyan, 294
- Bonnet, Henri, 1051, 1135, 1150n
- Bonomi, Ivanoe, 326
- Boone, Col. Philip T., 529–530
- Booth, Gen. Donald G, 381–383, 391, 392–393
- Bretton Woods Conference. See United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.
- British Chiefs of Staff, 874–875, 881, 885
- British Oil Development Company, 61
- British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). See Iran: Air facilities; and Civil air transport agreements.
- Brownrigg, William, 555n , 557
- Bulgaria (see also Greece: Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, frontier problems with), 349n , 1226, 1232, 1260, 1268
- Bullard, Sir Reader, 387–388, 392, 393
- Byrnes, James F.:
- Conversations with: Bidault, 1169–1170; Halifax, 777–783, 827–828
- Correspondence with: Balfour, 1189; Bevin, 136–138, 141–142, 159–160, 165–166, 238–240, 242–243, 822–823, 1023–1025; Diamantopoulos, 191–193; George II, 160–161, 166–167; Halifax, 829, 830–832, 840, 1257–1258, 1283–1284; Koudsi, 1200–1201; Truman, 130–131, 266–267, 999–1000, 1242–1245, 1253n , 1255–1256; Vinson, 963–964
- Cable and Wireless, Ltd., 1010, 1012–1014, 1015n , 1016, 1019–1020, 1022, 1023, 1026, 1030
- Caccia, Harold, 139–140, 149, 154, 332
- Caffrey, Jefferson, 1101, 1107, 1125–1126
- California Arabian Standard Oil Co. See Arabian American Oil Co.
- Campbell, Sir Ronald, 67–68, 1059
- Canellopoulos. See Kanellopoulos, Panayotis.
- Cannon, Cavendish W., 314–315
- Catroux, Gen. Georges, 1090–1091, 1195
- Chamerians (Chams), 320, 343–344
- Chauvel, Jean, 1065–1066, 1080–1081, 1168
- Childs, J. Rives, 673–677
- Christelow, Allan, 973–975
- Christopoulos, George, 303n , 314–315
- Churchill, Winston S.:
- Civil Aeronautics Board, 940
- Civil air transport agreements with Near Eastern countries, proposed:
- Clark, Gen. P. G. W., 276–277
- Clayton, William L., 83–84, 213–215, 869–871
- Cole, Felix, 587
- Collado, Emilio G., 960, 1217–1218
- Colquitt, Adrian B., 1158n –1159n
- Combined Chiefs of Staff, 860, 867
- Commodity Credit Corporation, 95–97
- Compagnie Française des Pétroles, 60–63
- Conference of Berlin (Potsdam), July 16–Aug. 2:
- Conferences at Malta and Yalta, Feb. 4–11, discussions regarding—
- Connally, Sen. Tom, 854–855
- Connor, Col. Voris H., 856, 857, 860, 872, 874n
- Coombs, Charles A., 256
- Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1063–1066, 1070, 1144–1145
- Cooper, James, 596
- Council of Foreign Ministers:
- Cox, Oscar, 230–231
- Crimea Conference. See Conferences at Malta and Yalta.
- Crowley, Leo T., 237–238, 850–851, 866, 879–881
- Culbertson Economic Mission, 43, 701
- Curren, Ralph B., 71
- Daftary, A. A., 419–420, 435
- Damaskinos, Archbishop, 99, 100, 123–125, 135, 139–140, 149, 152–156, 159, 160–162, 174, 181–184
- Dardanelles. See Turkey: Straits question.
- Dawson, John P. 44n
- de Gaulle, Gen. Charles:
- Dekanozov, Vladimir Georgiyevich, 459
- Derakhshani, Gen. Monir, 367–368, 465, 505–506
- Dhahran Airfield. See under Saudi Arabia.
- Diamantopoulos, Cimon P., 191–193, 228–229, 230–232, 236, 238, 244–246, 269–270, 304–305, 326–339 passim, 343–344, 347–358 passim
- Diplomatic missions of the United States in the Near East, proposed elevation to embassies, 19–24
- Dodecanese Islands, 300, 306–308, 311–313, 315–316
- Dort, Dallas W., 217n
- Dragoumis, Philip, 300
- Duff Cooper. See Cooper, Alfred Duff.
- Duke, Sir Norman, 56, 60
- Dulles, John Foster, 1256
- Dumbarton Oaks conversations (1944) cited, 1128
- Dunn, James Clement, 315, 356–358, 1242n , 1290
- Eady-Clayton Agreement, cited, 565
- Eady, Sir Wilfrid, 82–83, 565
- Eastern Telegraph Company, Ltd., 1016, 1018–1020, 1021, 1027–1028, 1030–1031
- Ebling, Samuel G., 465
- Ebtehaj, Abol Hassan, 540
- Economic policies of the United States in the Near and Middle East, formulation of, 10–11, 33–48
- Eddy, Col. William A., 2n , 13–18 passim, 679, 867–869, 907–908, 911–914
- Eden, Anthony, 25–29 passim, 71–72, 102, 115, 362n –363n , 369–370, 1021–1022, 1103n , 1130–1131, 1138–1139, 1144–1145, 1157, 1182–1183, 1229n , 1250
- Egypt, 88–97
- El-Hoss, Fawzi, 69, 79–80
- Entezam, Nasrollah, 366–368, 542, 551–553
- Eralp, Orhan, 1269
- Erkin, Feridun Cemal, 1273–1276, 1278–1279, 1281–1286
- Export-Import Bank, loan negotiations with (see also under Greece: Financial assistance):
- Faisal, Amir, 15, 828–829, 938, 941, 945, 952–953, 955, 1000–1009, 1110–1111
- Farouk, 1, 4–5, 12, 16, 826–827
- Fawzi, Mahmoud, 721
- Five Freedoms agreements. See Civil air transport agreements; and International Civil Aviation Conference
- Foreign Economic Administration (see also Iran: American armed forces: Disposal; and Saudi Arabia: Economic and financial assistance: Lend-Lease), 587–600, passim
- Foreign Liquidation Commission. See Iran: American armed forces: Disposal.
- France (see also de Gaulle; Syria and Lebanon; and Tangier), 30–32
- Frangieh, Hamid, 1161, 1186–1187
- “Free Macedonia” movement. See Greece: Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, frontier problems with.
- Frère, Jasper G., 1114–1115
- Gale, Lt. Gen. Sir Humfrey, 246–251
- George II, 98–100, 155, 159, 160–161, 164, 165–167, 179–183, 300n
- George, Sen. Walter F., 895–896
- Giles, Gen. Benjamin F., 932–933, 940, 978, 979–981, 988, 989
- Goldmann, Nahun, 710–715 passim
- Gonatas, Gen. Stylianos, 106
- Gotsi (Gotchev), 309–310
- Grady, Henry F., 174–176, 184–193
- Grafftey-Smith, Laurence B., 872, 890–893, 911, 935–936, 991, 994
- Greece (see also under
Conference of Berlin: discussions regarding; Conferences at Malta
and Yalta; and
Council of Foreign Ministers: Meeting, etc.), 98–358
- Advisory and technical assistance, question of, 202–203, 211–212, 221–222, 223, 251–254, 257, 262–267 passim, 272, 275–276
- Albania:
- British troops in Greece, 100, 102–104, 106–108, 115, 116, 118–119, 125–126, 253–255, 332–333
- Communist party (KKE). See under Political situation: Political parties, infra.
- Dodecanese Islands, disposition of: British views on, 306–307, 316; Greek claims to and views on, 300, 311–312; Turkish views on 312–313, 315–316; U.S. views on 307–308
- EAM. See under Political situation: Political parties, infra.
- Economic situation: Budgetary matters, 222–223, 255–257, 259–261, 269–270, 293–294; inflation, problems concerning, 197, 211, 219–221, 222, 246, 255–256, 260–264 passim, 271, 279–281, 283, 289–290, 293, 296, 298; private trade, resumption of, 214, 240, 264; reports concerning, 196–197, 219, 221, 233–236 passim, 246–255, 263, 284–288
- ELAS. See under Political situation: Political parties, infra.
- Elections, question of:
- Allied supervision of:
- British interest in, 126–128, 136–138, 144–145, 175, 176, 178
- French interest in, 144, 146, 177–178
- Grady Mission, 174–176, 184–193
- Greek concurrence in, 143, 146–147, 152–154
- Organization of, 100–101, 113, 136–138, 141–143, 157–158, 186, 191
- Political parties, reactions to, 167–168
- Soviet reaction to, 148, 150, 152, 156–157
- U.S. interest in, 128–135 passim, 138–139; Grady Mission, 174–175, 184–185
- George II, views on, 159–161, 164–167, 179–181
- Plebiscite, discussions regarding, 100–101, 106, 124, 125, 135, 139–140, 150–151, 153–155, 157, 159–163 passim, 167–172 passim, 174, 180, 183–193 passim
- Varkiza Agreement (Feb. 12), implementation of provisions regarding, 116–118, 121, 122, 125, 129–130, 132–135, 137–139, 141, 147, 150–151, 156–159, 180, 192; text of, 109–113
- Allied supervision of:
- Financial assistance:
- Export-Import Bank loans, 204, 213, 215–216, 231, 232, 234–237, 240, 243–244, 245–246, 257, 272, 275, 279; program for use of, 269–270, 273–274, 285
- Gold, question of supplying to Greece, 256–257, 259–260, 271, 275, 278, 293
- Greek Government appeals for, 195–196, 204–205, 214–215, 228–233 passim, 237–238, 255–257, 274–275, 277–283, 295, 297
- Greek Supply Mission in Washington, 204, 216, 231n , 232
- United Kingdom, arrangements with, 178–179, 181–182, 252–255, 267–269, 270–271, 276–277, 284, 288–289, 293–296 passim
- U.S.-British note concerning, 272, 274, 279–283, 289, 290–292, 296–297, 299
- Italy, reestablishment of diplomatic relations with, 315, 326–327, 329–330, 346, 353n ; deportation of Italians from Greece, 346n , 353–355
- KKE. See Communist Party under Political situation: Political parties, infra.
- National Liberation Front. See Political situation: Political parties: EAM, infra.
- National Popular Liberation Army. See Political situation: Political parties: ELAS, infra.
- Peace treaties, question of Greek participation in negotiation of, 338, 344–345, 348–349, 356–358
- Political situation:
- British interest in, 102–104, 122, 139–140, 144–145, 162–164, 172–174, 178–182; Churchill’s visit to Athens, 115
- Cabinet changes, question of, 98–101, 105–106, 116–120, 122, 123–125, 135, 170–174, 176–182 passim
- Collaboration of parties, attempts to secure, 161–162, 167–171, 189–190
- Political parties:
- Agrarian, 167–168, 170
- Communist Party (KKE) (see also EAM and ELAS, infra), 98–99, 103, 109–113, 115–118, 121, 126, 140–141, 170, 176, 310n
- EAM (National Liberation Front), 99n , 100, 101, 114–115, 167, 170, 176, 189, 310
- ELAS (National Popular Liberation Army), 102
- ELD–Socialist, 109–113, 190
- Ellenikos Demokratikos Ethnikos Syndesmos (National Republican Greek League), 318n
- Independent, 170
- Liberal, 167–171 passim, 176
- National Liberal, 170, 190
- National Union, 190
- Populist, 167–168, 170, 171, 176, 179, 189
- Progressive, 170
- Republican-Socialist, 170, 189
- Royalist-Nationalist, 176
- Socialist, 170, 176
- Press, reaction of, 114, 123, 140, 148–149, 152, 167, 170
- Regency under Damaskinos, 99–100; resignation and reinstatement, 182–184; visit to London, 149, 154, 159
- Territorial claims. See Albania and Dodecanese Islands, supra; Yugoslavia, etc., infra.
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration:
- American-British role, 209–210, 216–219, 224–228, 229, 238–243 passim, 246–251, 254
- British responsibility, transfer of, 193–194, 201–202
- Commission of Administration for Greek Relief, 206–207
- Hostages, care of, 108
- Scope of aid to Greece (see also Financial Assistance: Export-Import Bank, supra), 232–233, 241–242
- Swedish relief vessels, question of use of, 197–201
- Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, frontier problems with:
- Bulgarian views, 327–328
- General situation, 308–310, 317, 332–333, 340–341
- Greek views, 300, 304–305, 317–318, 322–323, 329, 330, 332, 334
- Investigation commission, proposed: British views, 335–337; French views, 339–340; Greek views, 342–343; U.S. proposal for, 331, 333–334, 337, 343; Yugoslav views, 340, 341–342
- Troop movements and British-Greek response to, 313–315, 318–319, 321
- U.S. views, 302–303, 320–321
- Yugoslav claims and representations, 305–306, 320, 323–325, 328–329
- Grew, Joseph C:
- Conversations with: Bidault, 1081–1082; Bonnet, 1051, 1135, 1150n ; Diamantopoulos, 228–229, 330; Faisal, Amir, 1000–1008; Hassan, 682–683; Nuri as-Said, 49–51; Simpson, 590–591; Truman, 1103, 1120–1121; Zionist leaders, 688–689; Zurayk, 1122–1123
- Correspondence with: Crowley, 850–851, 866; Nokrashy, 1142–1143; Novikov, 1142; Roosevelt, 524–525, 680, 696; Simpson, 591–595; Stettinius, 1116; Stimson, 859–860, 880n , 884; Truman, 609–611, 680, 705–707, 708, 709, 900–901, 915–917, 1129n , 1314–1315; Zurayk, 1062–1063, 1144
- Miscellaneous, 131n , 1200–1201
- Press statement on Syria and Lebanon, 1106–1107
- Grigg, Sir Edward, 895, 1015n , 1071, 1072, 1199–1200
- Grove, Edward, 293–294
- Gulbenkian, Sarkis Colouste, 60, 63
- Gulf Oil Company, 51–52, 59
- Haganah. See Palestine: Rioting, etc.
- Haile Selassie, 1, 5–7
- Hajir, Abdol Hosein, 561–563
- Hakimi, Ibrahim, 437–438, 492, 493–494
- Halifax, Lord, 777–783, 827–829, 830–832, 833, 840, 979–981, 991–993, 1257–1258, 1283–1284
- Hamid-ud-din, Imam Yehya ibn Mohamed. See Yehya.
- Hankey, Robert M. A., 1021, 1101–1102
- Harriman, Gen. Joseph E., 1260, 1268
- Harriman, W. Averell, 468–469, 504–505
- Harrison Report. See under Palestine.
- Harvey, Oliver Charles, 618, 1170
- Hassan, Mahmoud, 88–90, 95–97, 682–683, 757–758
- Hayter, William G., 172–173
- Henderson, Loy W.:
- Activities and views regarding: Greece, 129, 232n , 263–265, 326–327, 349n , 350–351; Iran, 380–381, 434, 435, 461–462, 531n , 532n ; Palestine, 712–713, 734; Saudi Arabia, 942n , 966n , 1003; Syria and Lebanon, 1058n , 1063–1064, 1085–1087, 1093–1095, 1097, 1107–1108, 1118–1120, 1147–1150, 1156–1157, 1158n –1159n , 1159–1160, 1161–1162, 1174–1175, 1183, 1199–1200, 1205–1206, 1215–1217
- Conversations with: Ala, 434, 461–462; Balfour, 1097, 1107–1108; Daftary, 435; Fawzi, 721; Koudsi, 1161–1162, 1215–1217; Lacoste, 615–616, 1147–1150, 1205–1206; Malik, 1159–1160; Middleton, 641–643; Shayesteh, 374–375, 380–381; Wright, 835, 966n , 1063–1064, 1156–1157, 1174–1175, 1199–1200
- Hill, Sir Thomas St. Quintin, 211, 256
- Hiss, Alger, 1040n
- Hodja. See Hoxha, Enver.
- Holmes, Gen. Sir William G., 1045
- Homayunjah, Mohammad Ali, 438–439, 453–454
- Hoskins, Col. Harold B., 33n –34n , 39–42, 44, 85, 229n , 240, 690–691, 702
- Houghteling, James L., 525–526
- Howe, Robert George, 80–81, 1170
- Hoxha, Enver, 303, 334, 339, 347–348, 350–352, 355–357
- Hull, Cordell, 28
- Humanité, 1134
- Iakoubov. See Yakubov, Ahad.
- Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz:
- Activities and views: As Head of State, 1–3, 7–9, 22, 45, 47, 878, 893–894, 897–899, 903–908 passim, 920, 923–929, 932, 934, 943–945, 951, 955, 960–963, 965–966, 977, 979–981, 983–985, 994, 1000–1009; as spokesman for League of Arab States, 679, 680–682, 689–692 passim, 760, 770, 841, 1098, 1118, 1124, 1146
- Correspondence and conversations with: Amir Abdul Hah, 691–693; Churchill, 689–690; Roosevelt, 1–3, 7–9, 692n , 698; Truman, 755–756, 769–770, 926–927, 953–954
- Ickes, Harold L., 62, 902–903
- Ilah, Amir Abdul. See Abdul Hah.
- India, 741
- Inönü, Ismet, 1234n , 1272, 1285, 1303
- Inter-Allied Reparations Agency, 279
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 38, 39
- International Civil Aviation Conference, Chicago (1944), 64, 66, 72–75, 397, 676n –677n , 937–938, 986, 992, 997–998
- International Civil Aviation Organization, 990, 992, 997
- International Cotton Advisory Commission, 95–97
- International Red Cross, 107–108, 198–201, 224
- Intourist Air Service, 392, 412
- Iran (see also under
Conferences at Malta and Yalta; and Council of Foreign Ministers: Meetings), 359–585
- Abadan airfield. See Air facilities, and American armed forces: Disposal, infra.
- Air facilities, 392–393, 412, 419, 453, 456, 971–972
- Allied troops. See Withdrawal, infra.
- American advisers in Iran:
- Background information regarding, 536–538
- Financial (Millspaugh) Mission, termination of, 398–400, 538–563
- Gendarmerie (Schwarzkopf) Mission, 359–368 passim, 394–403 passim, 406, 409, 411–413, 417–419, 422–424, 432, 437, 439–440, 448, 451, 453, 454, 464–466, 474, 485–486, 496–498, 526–536
- Military (Ridley) Mission, 394–397, 453, 526–527, 535–538
- American armed forces in Iran, problems concerning
(see also
Withdrawal, infra):
- Disposal of U.S. military installations and
equipment in Iran, question of:
- Custodial detachments, interim retention of, 372–376, 378–383, 392–393, 413–414, 416 423, 426; withdrawal of, 382, 395, 409–410, 429
- Financial arrangements regarding, 564–565, 567–568, 570–574, 577–581
- Trans-Iranian Railway, 395–396, 427–428, 482–483, 523–526 564–565
- U.S. policy and views regarding, 382, 420–423, 426–427, 452–453, 566–570, 575–577
- Iranian attitude toward, 371–375, 380–381
- Replacement forces, question of, 424, 427, 515
- Disposal of U.S. military installations and
equipment in Iran, question of:
- Anglo-American-Soviet Commission. See Withdrawal of Allied troops: Mixed Evacuation Commission, infra.
- Anglo-Soviet-Iranian treaty of alliance (1942), 363–364, 369–371, 374–377, 402, 403, 404, 408–409, 414, 419, 430, 442, 446, 457, 469, 482, 488, 493, 496, 500–503, 511, 529, 569, 583
- Azerbaijan, rebellion in:
- Democratic party and terrorist groups, demands by, 443, 455, 496–497, 505–506; Soviet support of, 407, 410–411, 431–432, 470, 490–491
- Iranian representations to Soviet Union regarding, 447–448, 473–474, 476, 502–504; to U.S., 386, 393–394, 434, 435, 441–442, 462, 463, 486–487, 494, 500–501, 508, 520
- Iranian security forces, prohibitions on movements of, 431–432, 436–438, 439–443, 445–448, 451, 453–454, 457, 459, 464–465, 468–471, 477, 486, 490–491, 501–502, 504
- Iranian views, 438–439, 447–448, 465–466, 475, 477, 485–486, 490–491, 502–504, 507
- Reports and information concerning, 417–419, 424, 430–433, 436–437, 441–443, 445–451, 454–455, 459–461, 465–467, 470, 475, 477, 480–486, 490–494, 496–498, 504–506, 516
- Travel restrictions, U.S. problems regarding, 437, 443, 445–447, 452, 458, 499, 507, 510–513, 522
- U.S. policy and views, 398–400, 435–437, 444–449, 461–462, 472, 475, 483–484, 501, 504–505
- Censorship and propaganda, 387–389, 396, 399–400, 402, 417, 420–422, 491, 511, 583–584
- Civil air transport agreement with United States, proposed, 584–585, 996
- Declaration regarding Iran. See Tehran Conference Declaration, infra.
- Economic assistance to Iran, U.S. policy of, 394–397, 399–400, 405–406, 461, 462, 483, 553
- Foreign policy of Iran, summary of, 402–403
- Japan, declaration of war on, 526
- Lend-Lease debt, 571, 574, 580
- Majlis, role of, and discussions concerning, 385–388, 431, 447–448, 481, 484, 490, 492, 504–509 passim, 516, 520–521
- Millspaugh Mission. See American advisers: Financial, etc. supra.
- Mixed Evacuation Commission. See under Withdrawal, infra.
- Oil, questions regarding, 363–365, 373, 397–398, 411–412, 459, 489, 511–512, 514, 581–583
- Ridley Mission. See American advisers: Military, etc., supra.
- Schwarzkopf Mission. See American advisers: Gendarmerie, supra.
- Surplus property, disposal of. See American armed forces: Disposal, supra.
- Tehran Conference Declaration regarding Iran (1943), 363–365, 367, 384, 394–395, 399, 419–422, 431, 435, 437, 441–442, 449, 457, 461, 466, 467, 469, 482, 483, 485, 488, 493, 503, 514, 518, 525, 550, 553, 577
- Trans-Iranian Railway, Roosevelt trusteeship proposal for (see also under American armed forces: Disposal, supra), 523–526
- Withdrawal of Allied troops (see
also
American armed forces, supra):
- Anglo-Soviet-Iranian treaty (1942), provision relative to Allied troops in Iran, 363–364, 369–377, 403, 404, 408–409, 414, 419
- Berlin Conference, discussion at, 388–392, 396, 401, 413–414, 416, 424–425, 518
- British proposals for withdrawal, 362n –363n , 413–414, 465, 478; Soviet reply, 414
- Council of Foreign Ministers (London), 390, 391–392, 396, 399, 403, 404, 414, 415n , 484, 487, 518; Iranian request for representation, 403, 404
- Dates of withdrawal, question of:
- Discussions, orders, and views of:
- Iranian requests for withdrawal, 369–375, 380–381, 386, 408, 434, 460–461, 474, 492–493, 496, 504; appeals for U. S. support, 403, 404, 500
- Mixed Evacuation Commission, question of U.S. participation in, 392–393, 396, 401, 467, 518–519, 521–522
- Moscow, question of Iranian mission to, 442–445, 455–456, 492–497 passim, 501, 514–515
- Soviet troops, problems arising from presence of (see also Azerbaijan, supra), 436, 441, 460–462, 471
- Iraq:
- Lend Lease Agreement with United States, signed July 31, 586
- Radio circuit with United States, question of establishment of, 1016, 1023–1025, 1026–1027
- Regent of Iraq, U.S. visit of, 587
- Turkey, relations with, 1277
- U.S. air services, granting of temporary rights to, 996
- Views regarding Palestine, 691–693, 725–726, 834, 836
- Iraq Petroleum Co., 49–50, 53, 56, 61–62
- Irgun. See Palestine: Rioting, etc.
- Italy. See Greece: Italy, reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
- Izvestiya, 148–149, 1220n
- Jabri, Saadalah, 823, 1155, 1194–1197
- Jackson, Comdr. R. G. A., 246–251, 262
- Jacobs, J. E., 91–95, 343
- Jamali, Fadhil, 723–724
- Japan, 526, 1222
- Jewish National Home. See under Palestine.
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, 860, 875, 916–917, 1011
- Joint Relief Commission, 201, 224–225
- Jordan, Stanley R., 846–847, 848, 849, 1015
- Jordan Valley Authority, proposed, 678, 776
- Joseph, Bernard, 808–810, 821–822
- Kanellopoulos, Panayotis, 176n , 177, 178–179, 259–260, 261n , 265, 266, 270–271, 351, 352
- Kaphandaris, George, 169–170, 185, 260
- Kaplan, Eliezer, 713–715
- Karami (Karame), Abdul Hamid, 703, 1035, 1038, 1079, 1105, 1157–1158
- Kartalis, George, 296
- Kassimatis, Gregory, 255–257, 259, 260–261, 270–271, 287
- Kellogg-Briand Pact, cited, 503
- Kennan, George F., 623–625
- Khouri, Bechara el-, 1177, 1199n
- Khoury, Faris el-, 1105–1106, 1165–1166, 1172–1173, 1186n , 1191–1192, 1193
- Killearn, Lord, 4, 68–69, 77–78
- King, Charles T. O., 596
- Kirk, Alexander C., 326
- Kohler, Foy D., 175, 188, 237–238, 333–334, 347–348
- Koudsi, Nazem al-, 722–723, 1047, 1056–1057, 1161–1162, 1166–1167, 1194n , 1200–1201, 1215–1218
- Kuwatly, Shukri al-, 692n , 704, 1034–1036, 1041, 1046–1049, 1052, 1088–1089, 1118, 1125, 1132, 1140, 1160, 1161, 1199n , 1210
- Lacoste, Francis, 177–178, 615–616, 665–666, 1053–1055, 1147–1150, 1162, 1205–1206
- Landis, James M., 40, 44, 680–682
- Laparra, Gen. Arnaud, 177
- Lascelles, Daniel W., 389
- League of Arab States (see also Ibn Saud: Activities and views: As spokesman, etc.):
- Lebanon. See Syria and Lebanon.
- Leeper, Sir Reginald W. A., 99n , 120, 161–163, 167–168, 170–171, 174–175, 177–179, 181–184, 202, 208, 211, 235, 246–251, 294, 296–297, 311
- Legations, U.S., proposed elevation to Embassies, 19–24
- Lenahan, William J., 60–61
- Lend-Lease (see also Middle East Supply Center, and Surplus property):
- Levant crisis. See Syria and Lebanon.
- Liberia, U.S. interest in, 587–600
- Loftus, John A., 51–55
- Lowdermilk, Walter Clay, 678
- Luthringer, George F., 1217–1218
- Lyttelton, Capt. Oliver, 1054–1055
- Maben, Buell F., 216–217, 218–219, 246–247
- Macedonia. See Greece: Yugoslavia, etc.
- Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co., 912, 1022, 1025n , 1031
- Maclean, Donald, 1266–1267
- MacLeish, Archibald, 129
- Macmillan, Harold, 102–103, 104, 114, 116, 120–122, 126
- Macropoulos, John, 109–113
- MacVeagh, Lincoln, 165, 183–184, 210, 219–222, 240–242, 257–258
- Malik, Charles, 1073–1074, 1159–1160
- Mansion House Declaration, 26–27
- Mansour, Amir, 888–890
- Mantzavinos, George, 195, 211
- Mardam, Jamil, 1061–1062, 1079, 1080n , 1095, 1098, 1113, 1115
- Massigli, René, 1163, 1182
- Matthews, H. Freeman, 129, 1203n , 1214–1215
- Maximov, M. A., 415–416, 420–422
- Maxwell, Gen. Russell L., 91–92
- McCloy, John J., 75–76
- McCormack, John W., 861–863
- McGuire, Paul F., 973–975
- McNeil, Hector, 181–182, 262, 267–268, 271, 276–277, 282
- McNeill, Capt. William, 341n
- Melas, George, 305–306, 354
- Merriam, Gordon P., 45–48, 217n , 734–736, 905, 973, 1143–1144, 1209n
- Metaxas, Gen. John, 121n , 249n
- Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, 879
- Middle East Supply Center, termination of, 85–87
- Middleton, George H., 601–602, 641–643
- Military missions. See Iran: American advisers: Military (Ridley) Mission; Saudi Arabia: Missions; and Syria and Lebanon: U.S. Military Mission.
- Millspaugh, Arthur C. (see also Iran: American advisers: Financial Mission), 538–542 passim, 543–550
- Minor, Harold B., 501, 563
- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 361, 362, 384–387, 390, 405–406, 458, 475–476
- Molotov, V. M., 156n , 364, 413–415, 468–469, 517–519, 1219–1225, 1234–1236, 1263–1264
- Morgan, Stokeley W., 70–71, 72–73
- Morgan, Gen. William D., 251–252, 253–255
- Morocco (see also Tangier), 601–677
- Morris, Leland, 543–545
- Muhammed V, 617, 620, 675–676
- Mundt, Representative Karl E., 536–538
- Murray, Wallace:
- Mylonas, Alexander, 167–168, 170, 181–182, 283–284, 293
- Netherlands, 80
- Nichols, Jack, 940, 965–966
- Nokrashy, Mahmoud Fahmy, 708–709, 827, 1127–1128, 1142–1143
- Novikov, N. V., 1129, 1142
- Nuri as-Said. See Said, Nuri as-.
- Office des Céréales Panifiables, 1106, 1148
- Oil. See Petroleum resources.
- Oliva-Roget, Gen. Fernand, 1133
- Orbay, Gen. Kazim, 1268
- Ostrorog, Count Stanislas, 1036, 1069–1070, 1154–1155, 1161
- Pachachi, Hamdi al-, 1090–1091, 1118
- Paget, Gen. Sir Bernard, 1058, 1099, 1130n , 1132, 1148
- Pahlavi. See Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
- Paige, Robert M., 975
- Palestine, Arab-Zionist controversy concerning future status,
and question of Jewish immigration, (see also under
Conference of Berlin: Discussions; and under
Conferences at Malta and Yalta) 678–844
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- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, establishment of:
- Bevin’s address before House of Commons, Nov. 13, 774, 776, 777–783, 787, 794–799, 800, 816, 821n ; reactions, 821–822, 824–825, 826–827
- British proposal, 771–776; U.S. acceptance and counterproposal, 785–786
- Committee members, selection and announcement of, 822–823, 828, 831, 833, 835, 836–837, 838
- Congressional resolution of support, 827, 841–842
- Iraqi views, 834; U.S. response, 840–841
- Terms of reference, 772, 780, 786, 788–790, 799–800, 800–801, 811–812, 814, 815–816; agreed terms, 839
- Texts of notes establishing Committee, Dec. 10, 839–840
- Time limit for Committee report, 826, 827–828, 829, 830–831, 831–832, 833
- Truman statement, 819–820, 833
- Arab views as expressed by:
- Arab Chiefs of Mission in Washington, 756–758, 766–769, 820–821; U.S. response, 833, 833n
- Egypt, 682–683, 708, 721, 751–752, 793–794, 826–827
- Iraq, 680, 691–693, 723–724, 725–726, 744–745, 749, 834, 836
- League of Arab States, 725–726, 767–769, 794, 817–819, 834–835
- Lebanon, 692n , 736–737, 791–793, 825
- Saudi Arabia, 2–3, 679, 680–682, 687, 689–690, 692, 692n , 752, 790–791, 802–803, 824, 838, 841, 1007; publication of Roosevelt-ibn Saud correspondence, 750, 754, 755–756, 760, 764, 769–771, 783–784, 787–788, 790–791, 802
- Syria, 692n , 693–694, 695–696, 722–723, 726–727, 765–766, 788, 791–793, 805; publication of Roosevelt-Kuwatly correspondence, 799, 801–802, 804, 817, 823
- Transjordan, 692n , 706–707, 750, 826, 830
- U.S. Chiefs of Mission to Arab States, 17–18
- Assurances regarding consultations with Arabs and
Jews:
- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, inclusion in terms of reference, 786, 789, 816, 839, 840
- Clarification, Saudi Arabian request for, 828–829; Byrnes reply, 837
- Publication of Roosevelt letters containing assurances:
- Roosevelt, assurances given by (see also Publication, supra), 694–695, 697, 698, 700, 701, 702, 703–704, 705–706, 778, 779, 1007
- Secretary and Acting Secretary of State, reiteration of assurances by, 703, 709, 743–744, 770–771, 784–785, 833, 837; press release, 770–771
- State Department recommendations, 702n –703n , 751–753, 753–755, 763–764
- Truman, renewal of assurances by, 707, 708–709, 770–771, 779, 826, 830; Iraqi comment regarding, 836
- U.S. and British assurances cited, 737, 740, 751–753, 763–764, 774, 776, 778, 779, 790–791, 816, 818–819, 824; joint representations by four Arab Ministers, 756–758
- Balfour Declaration, 682, 714, 767, 807, 808; citation to text, 682n
- Biltmore Program, 730–731
- British White Paper (1939), 714, 716–717, 719–721, 733, 734–735, 737, 738, 739, 741, 754–755, 758, 759, 761, 768, 803, 814–815, 818–819, 824, 825
- Churchill: Conversation with Ibn Saud, 689–690; support of Zionism, 690, 712, 716
- Economic development, 43, 47, 678, 685–686, 701, 776
- Harrison report on condition of refugees in Europe, 738–741, 746, 747, 775, 780, 781, 819; citation to text of report, 738n
- Jewish Agency for Palestine, 730n , 758–759, 804, 806, 813, 821–822, 824
- Jewish National Home, 681–682, 729–730, 816, 818; resolution by U.S. Congress in support of, 841–842
- Jordan Valley Authority, proposed, 678, 776
- Land Regulations, 2, 686–687, 758, 761
- League of Arab States, 725–726, 767–769, 794, 817–819, 834–835
- Lowdermilk project, 678, 776
- Resolutions in U.S. Congress, 680, 700, 701, 827, 841–842, 843–844, 844n
- Rioting, demonstrations, and mass meetings:
- Roosevelt, interest in Palestine situation (see also under Assurances, supra):
- Soviet Union, question of interest in Palestine, 691, 695, 712, 722, 723–724, 726
- Truman, interest in Palestine situation, and
initiative in securing admission of Jewish refugees:
- Arab reactions to reports of Truman initiative (see also Correspondence and Press Conferences, infra): Egypt, 751–752; Iraq, 743, 744–745, 749, 751; Saudi Arabia, 752; Syria and Lebanon, 749–750, 751; Transjordan, 750
- Briefings by State Department officials, 12, 18, 704–706, 709, 753–755, 763–764
- Congressional commendation, 841–842
- Correspondence with—
- Harrison, Earl G., investigation of refugee situation by, 737–738; citation to text of report, 738n
- Press Conferences:
- Statement by Senator Gillette regarding Truman’s Aug. 81 letter to Attlee, 741–742, 743, 746
- Statement on Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 819–820, 833
- Zionist reaction, and Department of State response, 724–725, 743–744, 748
- Trusteeship, question of, 684–686, 690–691, 717–719, 728–733 passim, 748, 775, 777, 781–782, 798, 825
- United Nations, question of possible involvement, 709, 717, 731, 736, 741, 748, 759, 774–775, 777, 781, 792, 798; U.N. Charter, application of, 717–719, 791
- U.S. policy, formulation of:
- Question of issuing statement following disclosure of Aug. 31 Truman letter, 747–748, 750, 752
- Recommendations and comments given to President Roosevelt, 679, 680–682; to President Truman, 704–706, 709, 753–755, 763–764
- Views exchanged by Department of State officials, 683–687, 698–703, 717–719, 727–733, 745–748, 749–750, 751–753, 763–764, 956
- U.S. troops, question of using in Palestine, 706, 722, 724, 725, 725n , 727, 742–743, 762
- Zionist views (see also Roosevelt: Statement to Rabbi Wise, supra), 688–689, 690–691, 704–705, 710–715, 724–725, 730–731, 732, 734, 735, 743–744, 748, 751, 754, 758–759, 805, 806–807, 841–842
- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, establishment of:
- Palmer, Brig. G. V., 201–202
- Pan-Arab Union. See League of Arab States.
- Papandreou, George, 99–100, 171–172, 176–177, 189
- Partsalides, Demetrios, 109–113, 116, 121
- Patterson, Gardner, 203, 224–227
- Patterson, Robert P., 452–453, 534–536
- Paul-Boncour, Joseph, 1151–1154
- Pepper, Sen. Claude A., 75–76, 1210
- Persian Gulf Command. See Iran: American armed forces and Withdrawal.
- Persian Gulf Service Command, 425, 578n .
- Peshavari, Jafar, 520–521
- Peterson, Sir Maurice Drummond, 1224–1225, 1234–1236, 1261–1263, 1272–1273, 1280–1281, 1308–1309
- Petroleum Reserves Corp., 870
- Petroleum resources in the Middle East, question of U.S. participation in development of (see also Iran: Oil; Iraq Petroleum Co.; and Saudi Arabia: Oil resources), 49–63
- Pharaon, Henri, 1038, 1069–1070, 1073–1074, 1078, 1079, 1088, 1099, 1113, 1154–1156, 1157–1158
- Phillips, William, 29, 905, 1063, 1093n , 1108
- Pilleau, Maj. Gen. Gerald A., 1099–1100, 1130n , 1132
- Pinkerton, Lowell C., 10, 13–18 passim
- Pixley, Rex A., 544, 550–553, 556
- Plastiras, Gen. Nicholas, 98, 101, 102–103, 104–106, 107–108, 114–115, 119–120, 122, 123–125, 196
- Politica, 341
- Postwar political and economic policies of the United States in the Near and Middle East, development of (see also individual countries), 10–11, 33–48
- Potsdam Conference. See Conference of Berlin.
- Pravda, 387–388, 515n , 1253
- Quincy, USS, 1n , 2, 9
- Quwatly, Shukri. See Kuwatly, Shukri al-.
- Rallis, Pericles, 109–113
- Raphael, Raphael, 1278–1279
- Rayburn, Sam, 861–863
- Reber, Samuel, 1147
- Red Line Agreement, 59, 62–63
- Ridley, Gen. Clarence S. (see also Iran: American advisers: Military (Ridley) Mission), 526–527
- Rizospástis, 123, 140, 170
- Rogers, David A. (see also Saudi Arabia: Missions: Agricultural), 879n , 907–908
- Ronald, Sir Nigel Bruce, 60, 970–971, 975, 986–987, 1026–1028
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 690–691
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.:
- Rumania, 688, 1260, 1268
- Sadr, Mohsen, 383, 401–402, 409
- Said, Nuri as-, 49–51, 586, 1026n
- Saka, Hasan, 1224–1225, 1228, 1229–1230, 1237, 1248, 1261–1262, 1269–1270, 1274–1275, 1280–1281, 1286, 1295, 1303–1304
- Sanger, Richard H., 525–526
- Saraçoğlu, Sükrü, 315–316, 1234, 1274n , 1275–1276, 1282–1283, 1293–1294, 1294–1298, 1301–1305
- Sargent, Sir Orme, 154, 157, 262, 986, 1228–1229, 1234
- Sarper, Selim, 1219–1220, 1221–1225, 1233–1236
- Saseno, Island of, 348
- Saudi Arabia (see also under
Palestine: Arab position and views), 845–1033
- Al Kharj Mission. See Missions, U.S.: Agricultural, infra.
- Arabian American Oil Co. (Aramco), 863, 865, 870n , 871, 909, 913, 917–918, 938, 941–942, 949, 953n , 961–963, 1011–1012, 1014, 1016
- Civil Air Transport Agreement, U.S. proposal for, and British objection to Fifth Freedom provision, 922–923, 929, 934, 936–937, 955, 957, 967, 970, 972, 978n , 978–980, 984, 986–987, 989, 990, 991–993, 994, 995, 1026; exchange of notes, Dec. 20, 1945–Jan. 2, 1946, concerning construction of Dhahran Airfield, and granting Fifth Freedom rights to U.S. aircraft, 983–985, 994, 996–998
- Clinic at Jidda, establishment 1009n
- Commercial Agreement, U.S. proposal, and draft submitted to Saudi Arabia, 977, 978, 1032–1033
- Connor Mission, 856, 857, 860, 872, 874n , 891, 893, 894, 903, 928, 930
- Dhahran Airfield, U.S.-Saudi Arabian agreement for construction of
(see also
Civil Air Transport Agreement, supra):
- British concurrence, and U.S. efforts to secure, 860, 867, 874–875, 881–882, 885, 887, 890–891, 905–907, 922–923, 966–968, 970–972, 975, 978–981, 986–987, 990–993
- Commercial use of field by U.S. air services, 894, 902, 903, 905–907, 922–923
- Consent of Saudi Arabia to construction:
- Contract between U.S. and Saudi Arabian Governments:
- Conversion to field “in U.S. national interest”, 915–917, 956–958; approval by President Truman, 918, 958
- Operation and maintenance of airfield, 932–934, 938–939, 940, 957, 967, 983–986, 988, 997
- Postwar air rights, and status of field, 886, 894, 902, 903, 928, 930, 950
- Economic and financial assistance:
- Anglo-American Joint Supply Program. See under Supply programs, infra.
- Budgetary deficits and need for assistance, 47, 841, 848–849, 852, 861, 865, 869, 877, 890, 892–893, 900; locust plague, 873n , 873, 877, 879, 890, 911, 920, 927
- Dollar-sterling convertibility, problem of, 917–918, 960–963
- Exchange of messages between Ibn Saud and President Truman, 926–927, 953–954
- Lend-Lease assistance (see also Silver for minting and Supply programs, infra):
- Long-range aid program:
- Congressional authorization, 845–847, 852, 861–863, 871, 881, 891, 892, 895–896, 900–903, 908–910, 924, 925, 1004–1005; meetings with House and Senate leaders, 861–863, 895–896
- Export-Import Bank loan, 851, 880, 892, 896, 900, 917–918, 941–942, 951, 952–953, 954, 960, 974, 975, 977–978, 981–983, 988–989, 995; approval by Bank, 999
- Formulation and discussion of programs, 47, 852–858, 860, 891–892, 903–905, 941–942, 960–963, 973–975; delay in realization, 890, 908–910, 911–914, 917–918, 958–959, 977
- Military mission as vehicle for financial assistance and public works, U.S. proposal, 852–858, 859–860, 867n , 867–869, 872, 878–881, 886–887; consideration and rejection by King Ibn Saud, 894, 903–904, 913–914, 920, 923–926, 928–929, 929–930, 932n , 945, 1009
- Oil resources, relation to economic situation, and to U.S. loans (see also Arabian American Oil Co.), 47, 852–858, 861, 865, 869–871, 895–896, 900, 901, 902–903, 916, 917–918, 941–942, 960–963
- Presidential approval of aid program, 900–901, 901n , 902–903, 908, 910
- SWNCC recommendations, 852–860
- Treaty assuring non-discriminatory treatment to United States, recommendation regarding, 954–956
- Silver for minting, provision of, under Lend-Lease, 849, 858–859, 863, 865, 875, 877, 879, 883, 885, 895, 897–899, 910, 927, 931, 940, 941, 950, 952, 954, 963–964
- Supply programs (see
also
Lend-Lease, supra):
- Anglo-American Joint Supply Program, 847–848, 850, 852–858, 863–864, 865–866, 873n , 875–879, 882–884, 885, 890, 891, 892–893, 894, 896–897, 919–920, 954, 963, 968–969; joint message to Ibn Saud, 921–922, 927n , 927–928, 930–931, 934–936, 940
- Supplemental U.S. program, 895, 897, 927n , 928, 931, 936, 940–941, 945, 954, 963
- Supply and subsidy program for 1946, formulation of U.S. plans, 958–959, 963, 975, 977; exchange of views with British, 968–969, 973–975
- Faisal, Amir, visit to Washington, 913, 938, 945, 951, 952, 954, 955, 964, 1000–1009
- Gold purchase from the United States, 849, 873, 884–885, 899–900, 941
- Jidda airfield, question of improvements to, 874, 884, 887, 893, 915
- Levant states, concern regarding, 3, 687, 1039, 1087, 1098, 1109–1110, 1146
- Locusts, destruction of crops by, 873n , 873, 877, 879, 890, 911, 920, 927
- Missions, U.S. (see also
Connor Mission, supra):
- Agricultural (Al Kharj), commendations, and termination of FEA Mission, 879, 907–908, 912, 931–932, 951, 952–953; continuation of project by Aramco, 953n
- Military training mission at Taif, termination of, 872, 873, 888–890, 907, 1003–1004
- Proposed military mission. See Economic and financial assistance: Long-range aid program: Military mission, supra.
- Oil resources. See Arabian American Oil Co.; and under Economic and financial assistance: Long-range aid program.
- Radiotelegraph, establishment of direct circuit with United
States, 1009–1031
- British concurrence: Attempts by United States to secure, and British position, 1009–1014, 1016–1017, 1018–1019, 1020–1021, 1022, 1023, 1023–1024, 1026–1030; Saudi Arabian reaction to delay in securing concurrence, 1014–1015, 1025–1026; undertaking by British in Bermuda Protocol, and note to Saudi Arabian Government, 1030–1031
- Contract with Cable and Wireless, Ltd., Saudi Arabian notice of intention to modify, 1013, 1013–1014, 1015, 1015n , 1017, 1018, 1019–1020, 1021, 1022–1023, 1027–1028
- Mackay Radio and Telegraph Co. construction proposal and agreement with Saudi Arabian Government, 1022, 1031
- Road improvement projects, 852–860 passim, 867–868, 886–887, 894
- Rogers Mission. See Missions, U.S.: Agricultural, supra.
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc.:
- Saudi Arabian Mining Syndicate, 863, 865
- Schwarzkopf, Col. H. Norman (see also Iran: American advisers: Gendarmerie), 359–360, 409, 464, 531–532
- Scobie, Gen. Ronald M., 102–103, 118–119, 195–196, 205–206
- Seaboard Oil Co., 581–583 passim.
- Seyid Zia ed-Din Tabatabai, 420–422
- Sepahbodi, Anushiravan, 373–374, 380–381, 389, 400, 402–403, 411–412
- Shah of Iran. See Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
- Sharabati, Ahmad, 693–694
- Shayesteh, Mohammed, 359–361, 374–375, 380–381, 390–391
- Shell Oil Co., 53, 57, 59, 62
- Shepard, David, 61–63
- Shinwell, Emanuel, 59
- Shone, Terence A., 69, 80, 1035–1036, 1049, 1069–1070, 1084–1087 passim, 1102, 1105, 1113, 1133, 1191–1192, 1199n
- Shumenkovich, Iliya, 1219
- Siantos, George, 109–113, 116–117, 121
- Sideris, George, 195–196
- Silver, Rabbi Abba Hillel, 710–713
- Simpson, Charles L., 588–589, 590–595
- Sinclair Oil Co., 582
- Socal. See Standard Oil Co. of California
- Socony Vacuum Co., 50, 62
- Solh, Sami, 1160, 1165–1166
- Sofianopoulos, John, 98n , 103, 109–113, 114–115, 179, 181–182, 188, 190, 228–229, 230, 306, 315, 319
- Sophoulis, Themistocles, 169, 170–172, 179–181, 185
- Soviet Union. See Conference of Berlin; Conferences at Malta and Yalta; Council of Foreign Ministers; Greece; Iran; Stalin; Tangier; Treaties; and Turkey; see also under Palestine; and Syria and Lebanon: French troops.
- Spain. See Tangier.
- Spears, Gen. Sir Edward L., 1139
- Stainov, Petko, 1232
- Stalin, J. V., 126, 510–511, 516–519, 1235n , 1265–1266
- Standard Oil Co. of California, 870, 1011
- Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 50, 61–62
- Standard-Vacuum Oil Co., 582
- State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC), 48, 534, 537, 611, 852–858, 859, 861, 869–870, 1204n , 1213
- Stern Gang. See Palestine: Rioting, etc.
- Stetson, Col. John B., Jr., 567–568
- Stettinius, Edward R., Jr.:
- Conversations with: Adl, 369–370; Arabian delegates to UN, 1110–1111; French delegates to UN, 1151–1154; Shayesteh, 360
- Correspondence with: Eden, 102n ; Grew, 1116; Hassan, 88–90, 95–96; Karame, 703; Koudsi, 1056–1057; Malik, 1073–1075; Roosevelt, 678, 679, 847; Sofianopoulos, 230; Truman, 704–705
- Miscellaneous, 100, 1021–1022, 1118–1119
- Stimson, Henry L., 131n , 859–860, 880n , 884, 893
- Suleiman, Abdullah, 890, 900n , 911, 935–936, 989
- Sumer, Nurullah Esat, 315–316, 1232–1235
- Surplus U.S. property in the Middle East, agreement with United Kingdom regarding disposition of (see also under Iran: American armed forces: Disposal), 82–84
- Surplus Property Act (1944), 95–96
- Svolos, Alexander, 170
- Sweden, 197–201
- Swinton, Viscount, 69, 78
- Syria and Lebanon, (see also
Levant Crisis
under
Churchill
and
de Gaulle) 1034–1218
- Assistance to, question of, 47–48
- Damascus, French bombardment of, 1106–1107, 1114–1123 passim, 1125–1126, 1130–1131, 1134, 1144; cease-fire ordered by British Supreme Commander in Middle East Theatre, 1130–1133
- Dollar exchange, problem of, 1215–1218
- France, relationship with:
- British attitude, 1035–1037, 1039–1041, 1050–1052, 1067–1068, 1138–1139
- French views, 1049, 1080, 1111–1112; French claim for privileged position, and U.S. views, 1051, 1053–1055, 1075–1078, 1093–1095, 1168–1170
- Lebanese position, 1154–1156, 1159–1160
- Saudi Arabian concern, 3, 687, 1039, 1146
- Syrian position, 1046–1049, 1061–1062, 1172
- French troops, redeployment to Levant States, views
and reactions of:
- Egypt, 1127–1128, 1142–1143
- Iraq, 1090–1091, 1110, 1128
- France, 1064–1066, 1111–1112
- League of Arab States, 1110–1111, 1118, 1166
- Levant States, and request for Allied assistance, 1069–1070, 1073–1074, 1078, 1088–1089, 1097–1098, 1105–1106, 1125
- Saudi Arabia, 1087, 1098, 1109–1110
- Soviet Union, 1128–1129, 1142
- United States and United Kingdom, 1058–1059, 1059–1061, 1063–1064, 1064–1066, 1066–1067, 1071–1075, 1081–1082, 1089, 1092–1093, 1101–1102, 1107–1109, 1136–1137
- Loan, Syrian request for, 1215–1218
- Minorities in Syria, concern regarding, 1041, 1162–1165, 1173–1174
- Mixed Courts system (Syrian), abolition of, 1189–1198
- Troupes-Spéciales:
- U.S. Military Mission, question of:
- Withdrawal of British and French troops, 1160–1161, 1162–1165, 1167–1168, 1173–1177, 1180–1182, 1182–1185, 1188
- Tangier, return to international control, 601–672
- Belgium, reservation of interests, 645–646, 659
- British-U.S.-French exchange of views leading to Paris Conference, and U.S. consideration of views, 601–606, 608, 612–614, 615–622, 622–623, 625–626; views of U.S. Ambassador in Spain and U.S. Chargé in Tangier, 606–607, 609
- Conference on Tangier. See Paris Four-Power Conference, infra.
- Interim régime in Tangier (see also
Paris Four-Power Conference; and
Spain: Relinquishment
of control, infra):
- Activation, schedule for, 654, 658; transfer from Spanish control, 668
- Administrative organs, discussion and decisions regarding, 635–636, 646–647, 659
- Committee of Control: Meetings of, 647, 664; Soviet participation, delay in, 665, 669; U.S. participation, 662, 662–663, 664, 668–669, 670, 671
- Invitation to U.S. and Soviet Governments to participate: French delivery of, 650, 658; Soviet response, delay in, 665, 669; U.S. acceptance and reservation of treaty rights, 631, 652–653, 659, 663, 664, 668–669, 670–671, 672
- Reimbursement of Bank of Morocco, 650–651, 658
- Italian interests, 667
- Paris Four-Power Conference on interim régime, Aug. 10–31:
- Anglo-French Agreement, citation to text, 655; adherence of Algeciras nations, 662, 665, 667
- Arrangement of Conference and choice of site, 611–612, 614–615, 616, 618, 620
- Coastal patrol, question of, 631–632, 639, 641, 645
- Final Act, 643, 651–652, 653, 655; publication of, 665–667
- Presidential approval of U.S. participation, 609–611
- Soviet Union: Analysis of interest, 623–625, 656, 665, 669; notification of talks, 615, 616, 618, 623; participation in Conference, 623, 626; proposals, 631–633
- Spanish participation in interim régime, proposals and discussions regarding, 626–627, 629, 632–633, 636, 638, 639–641, 641–643, 644–645, 647; declarations in Final Act, 651–652, 655
- U.S. proposal regarding welfare of inhabitants of Tangier, 637, 651, 653–654
- U.S. treaty rights, reservation of, 631, 663, 664, 668–669
- Wireless and radio, operation and regulation of, 634–635, 637, 645, 648, 651, 657
- Permanent régime, proposals regarding:
- Portuguese interests in Tangier, 667
- Provisioning of Tangier by Spain 640, 660, 664
- Spain (see also British-U.S.-French exchange, etc.; and Paris Four-Power Conference: Spanish participation in interim régime, supra:
- Taylor, Wayne Chatfield, 215–216, 245–246
- Tehran Conference (1943). See Iran: Tehran Conference Declaration, etc.
- Texas Oil Co., 870
- Thompson, Geoffrey H., 20, 1026
- Thorp, Willard L., 295, 964–965
- Thrace, 304, 309, 318, 327, 1268
- Tito, Marshal (Josip Broz), 310, 320–321, 322, 343n
- Tixier, Adrien, 31–32
- Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc. (TWA). See under Saudi Arabia.
- Trans-Iranian Railway. See under Iran.
- Transjordan, 692n , 706–707, 750, 826, 830, 920n
- Treaties, conventions, etc.:
- Algeciras, Act of (1906) cited, 610, 616, 623, 624, 655
- Anglo-Egyptian treaty of friendship and alliance (1936) cited, 14n , 22, 1050n
- Anglo-French agreement for the reestablishment of the international administration of Tangier, Aug. 31, 655, 660–661, 663, 667, 672–673
- Anglo-French-Turkish treaty of mutual assistance (1939), cited, 1226, 1296n
- Anglo-Iraqi treaty of alliance (1930), cited, 14n , 19, 20, 1050n
- Anglo-Russian convention relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet (1907), cited, 480, 497
- Anglo-Soviet-Iranian treaty of alliance (1942), cited, 363–364, 370–371, 374–377, 403, 404, 419, 430, 442, 446, 457, 469, 482, 488, 493, 496, 500–501, 503, 511, 529, 569, 583, 1184n
- Anglo-Soviet treaty of friendship and alliance (1942), cited, 517, 1223n
- Cape Spartel agreement (1865), cited, 610, 664, 672n
- Cape Spartel convention (1899), cited, 665
- French treaty with Sultan of Morocco (1912), cited, 608, 617, 620
- Iranian-Soviet treaty of friendship (1921), cited, 421, 495, 503, 510–511, 517
- Madrid Convention (1880), cited, 610, 623
- Montreux Convention (1936), cited, 1219–1290 passim
- Palestine Mandate awarded to Great Britain by the Supreme War Council (1920), cited, 681–682, 718, 731, 734–735, 747, 757, 759, 772–773, 796, 798, 818, 842
- Soviet-Turkish Treaty (1925). See under Turkey: Soviet Union.
- Statute of the Tangier Zone (1923), cited, 601–606 passim, 608–610, 612–614, 617, 619–621, 623, 625–628, 630, 631, 634, 638, 642–647 passim, 649, 663, 672; amendment and protocol (1928), cited, 601, 609, 617, 620, 622, 631, 645–646, 663, 667, 672
- Treaty of friendship between Government of Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Governments of the Socialist Soviet Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (1921), 1234–1235, 1287
- Treaty of peace, signed by Turkey and various powers at Lausanne, (1923), cited, 313n , 1250
- Turkish-Russian preliminary treaty of peace (1878), cited, 322–323
- Turkish-Soviet treaty (1921), cited, 1235
- United Nations agreement on International Monetary Fund, Bretton Woods, N. H., July 1944, cited, 1218
- U.S.-British convention relating to rights in Palestine (1924), cited, 718
- U.S.-British financial agreement (Eady-Clayton) covering postwar surplus disposals, Dec. 6, 83–84
- U.S.-British oil agreement (1944), cited, 52, 54–55; redraft, signed Sept. 24, 1945, 53, 55, 57, 59
- U.S.-Egypt Lend-Lease agreement, unperfected, 88–90
- U.S.-French agreement providing for commercial aircraft rights in French Morocco, Dec. 28–29, cited, 676
- U.S.-French Convention defining American rights in Syria and Lebanon (1924), cited, 1041, 1053, 1190n
- U.S.-Iraqi Lend-Lease agreement, July 31, 586
- U.S.-Liberian agreement for construction of a port and port works (1943), cited, 487n ; preliminary agreement on mutual aid (1943), cited, 587n , 591
- U.S.-Morocco treaty of peace and friendship (1787), cited, 609–610
- U.S.-Saudi Arabian agreement for construction of airfield at Dhahran, Aug. 6, 943–950; amendments, Jan. 2, 1946, 967, 984–985, 997–998
- Truman, Harry S.:
- Activities and views regarding:
- Conversations and correspondence with:
- Abdullah, Amir, 707, 750, 826
- Acheson, 290, 299, 753–754, 902–903, 956–958, 1316–1317
- Attlee, 719, 737–741, 753
- Byrnes, 130–131, 266–267, 999–1000, 1242–1245, 1253n , 1255–1256
- Churchill, 716–717, 1116–1117, 1121, 1123–1124
- de Gaulle, 1121–1122, 1135–1136
- Grew, 609–611, 680, 705–707, 708, 709, 900–901, 915–917, 1103, 1120–1121, 1129n , 1314–1315
- Henderson, 1118–1120
- Ibn Saud, 755–756, 769–770, 926–927, 953–954
- Kuwatly, 1125, 1140
- Mardam, 1095
- Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, 405–406, 475–476
- Nokrashy, 708–709
- Stettinius, 704–705
- Yehya, 1317–1318
- Meeting with U.S. Chiefs of Mission stationed in Near East, 10–18
- Tsirimokos, Elias, 109–113, 116, 121
- Tsouderos, Emmanuel J., 170–171, 173, 181, 182, 274–275, 276–278, 280–283, 295–297
- Tubman, William V. S., 587, 595–600
- Tuck, S. Pinkney, 10, 13–18, 30–31
- Turkey (see also under
Conference of Berlin: Discussions; and Conferences at Malta and
Yalta), 1219–1311
- Armenians, resettlement of, in Soviet Armenia, 1284–1285, 1286, 1287
- Civil air rights agreement, negotiations with United States for, 996
- Export-Import Bank loan, Turkish request for, 1309–1311
- Joint Support Purchase Program, U.S.-British discussion of possibility of, 1311
- Lend-Lease arrangements with United States, 1293–1309
- Montreux Convention. See Straits question, etc., infra.
- Soviet Union, relations with (see
also
Straits question, infra):
- Bulgarian views, 1232, 1276–1277
- Information and reports concerning, 1221–1223, 1225–1228, 1236, 1245–1246, 1248–1249, 1251, 1252, 1284–1287, 1287–1289
- Soviet troop movements, reports and speculation concerning, 1231, 1232, 1260–1262, 1263–1264, 1268, 1270–1271, 1281–1282
- Soviet-Turkish treaty of 1921, Soviet proposal for revision of, 1234–1235, 1287
- Soviet-Turkish treaty of 1925, Soviet notice of denunciation, and question of effect of expiration, 1219–1224, 1254, 1256–1258; Turkish views, 1220–1221, 1224–1225, 1229–1231, 1232–1234
- Territorial demands by Soviet Union, 1227, 1233, 1240, 1241, 1262, 1285–1288
- Turkish position, 1225, 1233–1234, 1276–1277, 1288
- Straits question and proposed revision of Montreux
Convention:
- Bases in Straits, Soviet demand for, 1224, 1235, 1264, 1272, 1278, 1287
- Berlin Conference Protocol, 1236–1237
- British views, 1228–1229, 1238–1239, 1241–1242, 1271, 1272–1273, 1279–1281, 1283–1284
- Information and reports, 1219, 1222, 1224–1228, 1235
- Soviet views, 1252, 1271–1272, 1278–1279, 1280–1281
- Turkish inquiries and views, 1220–1221, 1224–1225, 1229–1230, 1233, 1237, 1246–1251, 1253–1254, 1259–1260, 1278–1280, 1284
- U.S. proposals regarding, 1243–1245, 1247, 1249–1250, 1253–1256, 1265–1266, 1268–1269, 1274, 1277–1278, 1289–1293; consultations with British concerning, 1251–1252, 1257–1259, 1262–1263, 1264–1265, 1266–1267; Turkish reply, 1269–1270, 1273–1276, 1282–1283
- U.S. support, Turkish concern for, 1239–1241
- Twitchell, Karl E., 851
- Umari, Arshad al-, 1034
- Underwood, J. O. T., 70–73 passim
- Unger, Leonard, 237–238
- United Kingdom. See Attlee; Bevin; Churchill; Conference of Berlin; Conferences at Malta and Yalta; Council of Foreign Ministers; Eden; Greece; Iran; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Syria and Lebanon; Tangier; Treaties; and Turkey.
- United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, 878, 936
- United Kingdom Treasury Delegation in United States, 973–975
- United Nations Charter, references in relation to: Arab League, 29; Greece, 323–324, 329, 331, 333, 335, 337; Iran, 463, 478, 494, 503, 512–513; Palestine, 717–719 passim, 791; Saudi Arabia, 971, 986–987, 990; Syria and Lebanon, 1194
- United Nations organization, possible consideration of problems involving—
- United Nations Security Council, Iranian candidacy for seat on, 434, 461, 462–463, 494, 501
- United Nations Declaration of Jan. 1, 1942, cited, 88, 323–324, 329, 331, 333, 337, 1044n , 1047, 1050
- United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, Bretton Woods, N.H., July 1–22, 1944, 38–39, 43, 215, 1218
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (see also under Greece), 107–108, 740, 747–748
- United States Army Forces in the Middle East, 91–94
- Varkiza Agreement (see also under Greece: Elections), text of, 109–113
- Vardaman, Capt. James K., 902, 1120–1121
- Varvaressos, Kyriakos, 122, 162, 196–197, 204, 211–216 passim, 222–223, 226, 232–239 passim, 255n , 264, 287
- Venizelos, Sophocles, 171–172, 176n
- Villard, Henry S., 588–589, 619, 626–630 passim, 632–637 passim, 646–647, 652–654 passim, 657, 665–666
- Vinogradov, S. A., 1223–1225, 1271–1272, 1277–1281 passim, 1286–1287
- Vinson, Carl, 870, 901
- Vinson, Fred M., 941–942, 963–964
- Voulgaris, Adm. Petros, 122n , 124, 141, 146–147, 162, 172, 185, 211, 239
- Wadsworth, George, 10, 13–18 passim, 736–737, 791–793, 1036, 1154n , 1160n , 1162, 1168, 1187, 1189
- Walsh, Sen. David I., 895–896, 901
- War Food Administration, 96
- Wasson, Thomas C., 601–602
- Weizmann, Chaim, 710–712, 730n , 758–759, 776, 812–813
- Wilson, Gen. T. B., 983, 987–988
- Winant, John, 627
- Windie, R. T., 178
- Wise, Rabbi Stephen S., 688–689, 693–701 passim, 710–713 passim, 724–725
- Woodbridge, George, 262–263
- World Zionist Organization. See Palestine: Zionist position.
- Wright, Michael R., 619, 835, 836–837, 845–846, 905–907, 966n , 1035–1036, 1055–1056, 1063–1064, 1146–1147, 1156–1157, 1174–1175, 1199–1200
- Yakubov, Ahad, 443, 445–447
- Yalta Conference. See Conferences at Malta and Yalta.
- Yassin, Yusuf, 802–803, 872, 874, 910–915, 923–925, 938, 943, 946–951, 965–966, 988–989, 993–998 passim, 1015, 1019, 1021, 1032n , 1039, 1087, 1146
- Yehya, Ibn Mohamed Hamid-ud-din, 697, 1032, 1312–1318 passim
- Yemen, initiation of negotiations for establishment of U.S. relations with, 1032, 1312–1318
- Yugoslavia. See under Greece.
- Zachariades, Nicholas, 177, 317–318
- Zervas, Gen. Napoleon, 190, 318
- Zurayk, Costi K., 804–805, 1062–1063, 1100–1101, 1122–1123, 1143–1144, 1154
- In indexing persons the intention has been to include all references to persons of significance for an understanding of the record, with the following exceptions: (1) the name of the Secretary of State or the Acting Secretary of State appearing as signer of outgoing messages unless there is a clear indication of the Secretary’s or Acting Secretary’s direct participation; (2) the names of American officers appearing merely as signers of messages to the Department of State; (3) the names of persons to whom documents are addressed.↩