TEN YEARS IN IRAN – SOME HIGH LIGHTS (2)

Now let me turn briefly to another highlight of my early days in Tehran — the creation of the oil Consortium and settlement of the oil dispute. I had left London well aware of I-IMG’s views about an oil settlement. These were by this time closely in line with those of the American Government who were as anxious as we for a peaceful settlement in such a strategically important corner of the world. Much as it was politically desirable here at home that AIOC should recover their former position in Iran, the British Government under Churchill now realised that there was no possibility of the Iranians accepting this. The idea of a consortium of the major international oil companies - British, American, Dutch and French •— was believed by both London and Washington to be the most likely solution acceptable in Tehran. Even the stubborn chairman of AIOC, Sir William Fraser, had come some way to recognising this. I might add that, far from the American oil companies wishing to muscle in on AIOC’s preserve, they only reluctantly, under pressure from their own Government, agreed to participate in the consortium that was eventually established.

Gerry Adams Arrest ‘A Wake-Up Call’ For Oral Historians

BOSTON — The recent arrest of Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in Northern Ireland has academics reviewing their responsibilities in recording history. The arrest renewed questions about a supposed confidential audio archive at Boston College, known as the Belfast Project. It contained recorded interviews with people directly involved in the violent, three-decade-long Troubles in Northern Ireland. The fate of the project and work on oral histories are now being reexamined. On the Boston College campus is the John J. Burns Library. It’s a gothic, stone building where rare books, special collections and religious artifacts are kept. The most precious are protected in the Treasure Room, stored in state-of-the-art, climate-control conditions under the watchful eye of cameras. And in the Treasure Room is a very special area, accessible to only four people with a secret code and special key. Here are stored the Holy of Holies: an audio archive known as the Belfast Project.

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