Author

Contributions

  • Gasiorowski, Mark J., 1954- - Contributor
  • Risen, James - Contributor
  • National Security Archive (U.S.) - Contributor

Publication

2000 - National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCDS318 .S38 2000

Description

Site consists of a summary and four appendixes of a 200-page document detailing the CIA history of operation TPAJAX, including American and British roles in the August 1953 coup against Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadeq. Also includes analysis of the material (originally disclosed by James Risen of the New York Times in its editions of April 16, 2000). Provides links to information on the Archive's lawsuit against the CIA to force the declassification of key documents on the Agency's role in the European elections of 1948 and the 1953 coup in Iran, comments by five former CIA directors and others on the Agency's declassification policies, and the complaint filed with U.S. District Court on May 13, 1999.

Subjects

Topics

SourcesHistoryRelationsForeign relationsPolitics and governmentComputer network resourcesUnited States. Central Intelligence Agency

Places

IranUnited StatesGreat Britain

People

Mohammad Mosaddeq (1880-1967)

Times

1941-19791945-1989Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, 1941-1979

Series Statement

  • National Security Archive electronic briefing book -- no. 28

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