This archive collects declassified CIA documents on Iran, Dr. Mossadegh, oil negotiations and the 1953 coup. The transcribed documents are supplemented with in-depth analysis, footnotes, annotations and other background information, with regular updates to follow. •U.S. State Department Documents |...
allegedly to use the Israel Lobby to get more done for his regime in the United States. It isn't until after the CIA- and MI6-ran overthrow of prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh in 1953, due to Mossadegh nationalizing the
Acheson added that “Nitze and McGhee ended the negotiations on the ground that Mossadegh had never been definite enough on price to give the British a proposal capable of development”.[2]However, Acheson was well aware that Mossadegh had discovered that these were mere ruses and that the fail...