(December 23, 1968: 659)
Clearly, the Johnson Administration interpreted the Shah's "White Revolution" in the context of its own Great Society domestic policy, and ultimately as a reflection of FDR's New Deal.
In November, 1969, President Richard M. Nixon met with the Shah in Washington, and their exchanges of greetings and toasts were reported in the Bulletin (November 10, 1969: 396ff). These have much less detailed discussion of the real or supposed progress of the Shah's regime than Johnson's remarks the previous year. Nixon, disinclined to Great Society style domestic programs, restrains his praise for Iran's development to a few generalities. However, Nixon does reflect back to his 1953 visit to Iran shortly after the anti Mossadeq coup.
There was martial law in the land. The father of
the new Secretary of Foreign Affairs was Prime Minister,
and His Majesty was the symbol not just the symbol
but the actual leader of authority who k
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