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Musaddiq swept into office amid a national euphoria, for patriotic Iranians sensed victory within their grasp. At last they controlled the nation’s most valuable resource, the goal pursued since rejection of a Soviet oil concession in 1947. The time for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company to leave Iran had come. The new prime minister did not anticipate difficulties with the British government. He probably thought he could separate the Labour government and the company. During a speech he cited an exchange in the House of Commons regarding Burma’s nationalisation of oil in which Foreign Secretary Bevin had dismissed any thought of hostile action. The precedent bolstered his spirits.1
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Goode, J.F. (1989). Conclusion. In: The United States and Iran, 1946–51. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20277-5_9
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