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The arrival of the Grady mission and establishment of the Razmara government coincided, alas, with the outbreak of war in Korea, which diverted attention from Iran and the entire Middle East. At the outset its effect was not quite clear. Throughout the summer the military situation in Korea was so confused that the Americans may have wondered what they were getting into. The State Department had been considering expanded economic aid to countries in the Middle East and South Asia. Now the last slim chance for an increase in aid evaporated. In a meeting with Acheson on 28 August, President Truman said Congress would not accept such a programme, given requirements in East Asia.1
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Henry F. Grady, ‘What Went Wrong in Iran’, Saturday Evening Post (5 January 1952) 30, Acheson, Present at the Creation 502.
Bayne Interview, Persian Kingship in Transition 146–7, RG 59, 888.10/15 December 1950, ‘Financial Reports of Seven Year Plan Organization’, Tulu 12 Mehr 1329.
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Goode, J.F. (1989). The Grady Mission. In: The United States and Iran, 1946–51. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20277-5_7
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