Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies (Articles) WWW.IICHS.ORG The British and the August 19th 1953 coup
Seyyed Mostafa Taqavi When the oil industry was being nationalized in When the political relations of the two countries came to a breach, the British legation, being the main cover and support of these agents, lost its efficiency. Following this event, the French and American embassies played the same role as the British embassy and supported the secret British agents. Moreover, the British spies acted in different ways to prepare the situation for the downfall of the oil movement. Sometimes, these agents were recognized, and the government would expel them from the country. In March 10th 1953, Iranian government addressed a letter to In March 14th 1953, Dr. Mossadeq's sposkesman, Dr. Fatemi announced in a press conference that according to the received reports In May 5th 1953, William James Thompson, a 65 years old British priest, who had formed a committee with some British officers, was told to leave In May 31st 1953, Maris Joul, another spy was arrested. It became known that he has been in In June 18th 1953, Marie Gualiche, a French subject who had entered From late June to early August of 1953, Delsuza who under the cover of doctor, collected secret information in Shiraz, Robert Alice who lived in Iran nearly for forty years, Jack who pretented to be an English teacher, William Morgan Nassot who entered Iran in 1931 as a merchant being appointed as the military commander of Hamadan by the allied forces in world war II and after the war, started a company to export carpets and skins, Dr. Rudolph Sharp as a doctor and Reginald Doglass Davidson, all were among the spies who received notices to leave Iran. It is clear that there were many other spies who continued their job. The rupture of national unity, discord among the movement leaders, psychological warfare, disorder, instability, and other factors which led to the suppression of the movement and August 1953 coup, all and all were the fruit of espionage of hundreds of British and American agents in Iran.
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