Declassified diplomacy: Washington’s hesitant plans for a military coup in pre-revolution Iran
The president’s man in Tehran was feeling the pressure and needed reassurance. On 12 January 1979, General Robert “Dutch” Huyser wrote to Harold Brown, US secretary of defense, and General David Jones, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to make sure he knew what they wanted him to do. “In my conversation with Secretary […]