10. Halford to Foreign Office, December 19, 1957, No. 22, POWE 33/2110; Cabinet, Official Committee on the Middle East, Minutes, November 7, 1957, p. 5, ОМЕ (57), CAB 134/2338; Kuwait to Foreign Office, October 21, 1957, S 1534/29, FO 371/127171; P. J. Gore-Booth to J. A. Beckett, November 4, 1957, PD 1146/17, POWE 33/2110 («feeling»); Kuwait to Foreign Office, October 8, 1957, nos. 363, 364, FO 371/127171 (royal telegrams); J. С. Moberly, «Kuwait-Saudi Neutral Zone Seabed Concession,» November 6, 1957, ES 1534/37, FO 371/127171; British Embassy, Tokyo, to Eastern Department, Foreign Office, November 12, 1957, S. 1534/41; Shell to BPM, December 11, 1957, FO 371/127171; Halford to Foreign Office, December 22, 1957, No. 477, POWE 33/2110, PRO. Caldwell, «Petroleum Politics,» pp. 86–87 («national project»); Tadahiko Ohashi to author, August 16, 1989 (information from Mr. Sakakibara).
11. Emmett Dedmon,
12. Wright to Foreign Office, February 11, 1958, VQ 1015/11, FO 371/134197, PRO («strangle hold»). On the coup in Iraq, see Wright to Foreign Office, July 17, 1958, VQ 1015/100, FO 371/134199; Embassy, Ankara to Rose, July 17, 1958, VO 1015/71 (c),FO 37/134199; Stout to Middle East Secretariat, August 7, 1958, VO 1015/195, FO 371/134202; Johnston to Rose, July 28, 1958, VQ 1015/171, FO 371/134/201; Wright to Lloyd, «The Iraqi Revolution of July 19, 1958,» EQ 1015/208, PREM 11/2368; Wright memo on Howard Page, September 1, 1958, EQ 1531/15, FO 371/133119, PRO.
13. Report of the Commission of Arab Oil Experts, April 15–25, 1957, to the Secretariat-General of the Arab League, pp. 2, 5, FO 371/127224; Nuttali to Falk, October 4, 1957, with minutes of Second Session of Fifth Meeting of Arab Oil Experts, pp. 2, 9, UE 511717/2, FO 371/127224, PRO. Interview with Fadhil al-Chalabi.
14. Bridgett to Department of State, March 4, 1959, 831.2553/3–459, RG 59, NA; Philip,
15. NA 831.2553: Leddy to Department of State, January 10, 1951, 1–1051; Davis memo, September 8, 1953, 9–853; Swihart to Department of State, May 9, 1956, 5–956; Chaplin to Department of State, May 25, 1956, 5–2556; Sparks to Secretary of State, December 20, 1958, 12–2058; Anderson-Rubottom memo, June 5, 1959,6–559; Boonstra memo, June 5, 1959,6–559; Eisenhower to Betancourt, April 28, 1959, 4–2859, RG 59; Cox to Department of State, September 10, 1959, 631.86B/9-1059, RG 59. Interview with Alirio Parra («bones»).
16. Pierre Terzian,
17. CIA, «Middle East Oil,» NIE 30–60, November 22, 1960, 83–542–9, paper 12–17 («force»); Cabinet Minutes, July 25,1958, Whitman Files, 1953–1961, Cabinet Series, Box 11 («dangerous situation»); Eisenhower Library. NA 861.2553: Sundt to Department of State, January 28, 1954, 1–2854; February 3, 1954, 2–354, RG 59, NA. Wall,
18. Terzian,
19. Interviews with Wanda Jablonski and Alirio Parra; «Wanda Jablonski Reports on the Middle East,» Supplement,