Article ID: CBB001421831

The Shah's Détente with Khrushchev: Iran's 1962 Missile Base Pledge to the Soviet Union (2014)

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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran is commonly portrayed in Cold War historiography as a loyal client of the United States. Yet, the shah also pursued détente with Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, culminating in Iran's September 1962 pledge to the Soviet Union that no foreign missile bases would be permitted on Iranian territory. Drawing on American and British documentary sources, as well as the memoirs of several Iranian participants, this article suggests that the shah's 1962 pledge was not simply a ploy to leverage more arms from the United States. Rather, it represented the shah's first modest step towards a more independent foreign policy during the Cold War.

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Authors & Contributors
Susan Colbourn
Bill Yenne
Hecker, Siegfried S.
Maar, Henry Richard, III
Gala, Marilena
James Michael Young
Concepts
Cold War
Technology and war; technology and the military
Military technology
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Missiles
Foreign relations; diplomacy
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Cuba
Japan
Germany
Institutions
United States Air Force (USAF)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Peenemünde (Germany)
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