Selected Executive Session Hearings of the Committee, 1951-56; Vol. XVI: The Middle East, Africa, and Inter-American Affairs : hearings before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and the Near East, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy, Eighty-Third Congress, first session and Eighty-Third Congress, second session and Eighty-Second Congress, first session and Eighty-Second Congress, second session and Eighty-Fourth Congress, second session.

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Book

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Author/Creator:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and the Near East.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs.

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Foreign Economic Policy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

United States.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1953-1961.

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viii, 588 pages

Place of Publication:

Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1980.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Contains transcripts of certain House Foreign Affairs Committee executive session hearings. Transcribed hearings are. a. Briefings on Middle Eastern affairs. Apr. 10, 1951, June 6, 1952, July 23, 24, 1953. p. 21-51, 113-135, 157-201. Includes discussion of economic development programs, oil pricing, and Arab-Israeli tensions. b. Iranian political affairs and nationalization of British oil interests. May 4, Oct. 10, 1951, July 17, 1953. p. 53-112, 137-155. Includes discussions of U.S. military aid to Iran and nationalist policies of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh. c. Arabian-American Oil Co. (Aramco) operations and Middle East affairs. July 30, 1953. p. 203-222. d. Briefing on Palestinian refugee problems and programs. Mar. 24, Apr. 1, 1954. p. 223-227. Includes discussions of Arab-Israeli tensions and economic development programs. e. Aswan High Dam aid proposal. Jan. 19, 1956. p. 279-314. f. African and Middle East travel reports of House study mission members. Feb. 8, 1956. p. 315-344. g. Briefings on Latin American affairs. Mar. 16, 1951, Feb. 29, 1952, May 22, 1953. p. 379-428. Includes discussions of anti-American feelings and communist influence in Latin America. h. Bolivian economic problems. July 16, 1953. p. 425-461. Includes discussion of Bolivian economic dependency on tin exports. i. Communist influence in Guatemala. Jan. 21, 1954. p. 459-486. j. Briefing on proposed U.S. aid programs to Panama. Feb. 19, 1954. p. 487-497. k. Tenth Inter-American Conference, Caracas, Venezuela. Mar. 23, Apr. 9, 1954. p. 499-536. l. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, conference of Ministers on hemisphere economic relations. July 20, 1954. p. 537-558.

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