Truman

A dramatic meeting between President Truman and his advisors at the start of the 1951 Abadan Crisis with Iran.

This was an assignment done for the StoryboardArt.org Stroy Artist Mentorship program in 2020.

Transcript

39. Dialog Truman: "So what have we got?"
40. Dialog Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
41. Dialog Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
42. Dialog Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
43. Dialog Bradley: ". . . plain and simple."
44. Dialog Bradley: "For Iran . . . "
45. Dialog Bradley: ". . . for Britian . . ."
46. Dialog Bradley: ". . . for Britian . . ."
47. Dialog Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
48. Dialog Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
49. Dialog Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
50. Dialog Bradley: ". . . free world."
51. Dialog Bradley: ". . . free world."
59. Dialog Truman: "McGhee?"
60. Dialog Truman: "McGhee?"
69. Dialog McGhee: "Agreed. . ."
70. Dialog McGhee: "The Iranians want the heads of all Brits."
71. Dialog McGhee: "The Iranians want the heads of all Brits."
75. Dialog McGhee: "And anyone . . ."
76. Dialog McGhee: ". . . percieved as being a friend of the Brits."
77. Dialog McGhee: "Including us."
78. Dialog McGhee: "Grady in Tehran calls the situation . . ."
79. Dialog McGhee: ". . . and I quote . . . "
80. Dialog McGhee: " . . .'most explosive' ."
90. Dialog Truman: "And Britian?"
92. Dialog Acheson: "They're seriously poised to invade."
93. Dialog Acheson: "That oil company is their country's single biggest income source. "
94. Dialog Acheson: "Lose it . . . "
95. Dialog Acheson: " . . . and their whole economy . . ."
96. Dialog Acheson: " . . . starts teetering."
98. Dialog Acheson: "They'll stop at nothing . . ."
99. Dialog Acheson: ". . . to get it back."
105. Dialog Truman: "We've got to jump in now or it's all going to explode."
108. Dialog McGhee: "Beg pardon, Mr. President . . ."
109. Dialog McGhee: "Beg pardon, Mr. President . . ."
110. Dialog McGhee: ". . . jump in and do what?"
111. Dialog McGhee: "If we tell Britain to back off . . . "
112. Dialog McGhee: ". . . we'll just get into a fight with them."
113. Dialog Bradley: "Which . . ."
114. Dialog Bradley: ". . . if it spirals out of control . . ."
115. Dialog Bradley: " . . . could split the whole . . . "
116. Dialog Bradley: " . . . Western Alliance. "
117. Dialog Truman: "Leaving the Soviets unopposed in Europe."
118. Dialog Bradley: "Exactly, sir."
119. Dialog Truman: "Hoo boy."
120. Dialog Truman: "And if we were to just let Britian invade? Then what?"
121. Dialog Bradley: "Among other things, the Soviets would be highly motivated to step in on Iran's side."
122. Dialog Acheson: "The Soviets vs. the West."
123. Dialog Acheson: "God knows how many countries would get sucked into that fight."
124. Dialog Bradley: "World War Thr--"
125. Dialog Acheson: "Tst! Omar, let's not--"
126. Dialog Truman: "The point is . . ."
127. Dialog Truman: ". . . we're screwed no matter which we do."
135. Dialog Acheson: " I see one slim option, sir . . . "
137. Dialog Acheson: " . . . very slim."
139. Dialog Acheson: "First, we press Britian to stand down just for now. "
140. Dialog Acheson: "First, we press Britian to stand down just for now. "
141. Dialog Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
142. Dialog Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
143. Dialog Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
144. Dialog Acheson: "Hope to god we can stall him."
145. Dialog Acheson: "Hope to god we can stall him."
146. Dialog Truman: "And?"
147. Dialog Acheson: "Then we work quickly . . ."
148. Dialog Acheson: "Pry open even a small window for dialogue. "
149. Dialog Acheson: "We then step up as mediators and hammer out a deal for everyone."
150. Dialog McGhee: " A window for dialogue?"
151. Dialog McGhee: "Meaning get Mossadegh to agree to talk to the Fraser gang?"
152. Dialog McGhee: "Meaning get Mossadegh to agree to talk to the Fraser gang?"
153. Dialog Acheson: "Yes."
154. Dialog Bradley: "Uh! Are you dreaming, Dean?"
155. Dialog Bradley: "Uh! Are you dreaming, Dean?"
156. Dialog Bradley: "Even if we could . . ."
157. Dialog Bradley: ". . . get a diplomat safely into Tehran right now . . . "
158. Dialog Bradley: ". . . which is doubtful . . . "
159. Dialog Bradley: " . . . who in the world's . . ."
160. Dialog Bradley: " . . . good enough to cajole . . . "
161. Dialog Bradley: " . . . Mossadegh into that?"
165. Dialog Acheson: "Harriman." Truman: "Harriman."
170. Dialog NARRATOR : " W. Averill Harriman.
171. Dialog NARRATOR: "Yale Skull and Bones, racer of Thoroughbreds, director of the Marshall Plan in Europe "
172. Dialog NARRATOR "Called "infallible" in diplomatic circles ..."
173. Dialog Harriman could talk the talons off a hawk without disturbing a feather.