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Truman: "So what have we got?"
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Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
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Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
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Bradley: "It's mine field, Mr. President . . ."
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Bradley: ". . . plain and simple."
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Bradley: "For Iran . . . "
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Bradley: ". . . for Britian . . ."
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Bradley: ". . . for Britian . . ."
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Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
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Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
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Bradley: ". . . for the whole. . ."
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Bradley: ". . . free world."
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Bradley: ". . . free world."
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Truman: "McGhee?"
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Truman: "McGhee?"
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McGhee: "Agreed. . ."
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McGhee: "The Iranians want the heads of all Brits."
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McGhee: "The Iranians want the heads of all Brits."
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McGhee: "And anyone . . ."
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McGhee: ". . . percieved as being a friend of the Brits."
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McGhee: "Including us."
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McGhee: "Grady in Tehran calls the situation . . ."
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McGhee: ". . . and I quote . . . "
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McGhee: " . . .'most explosive' ."
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Truman: "And Britian?"
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Acheson: "They're seriously poised to invade."
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Acheson: "That oil company is their country's single biggest income source. "
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Acheson: "Lose it . . . "
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Acheson: " . . . and their whole economy . . ."
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Acheson: " . . . starts teetering."
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Acheson: "They'll stop at nothing . . ."
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Acheson: ". . . to get it back."
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Truman: "We've got to jump in now or it's all going to explode."
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McGhee: "Beg pardon, Mr. President . . ."
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McGhee: "Beg pardon, Mr. President . . ."
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McGhee: ". . . jump in and do what?"
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McGhee: "If we tell Britain to back off . . . "
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McGhee: ". . . we'll just get into a fight with them."
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Bradley: "Which . . ."
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Bradley: ". . . if it spirals out of control . . ."
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Bradley: " . . . could split the whole . . . "
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Bradley: " . . . Western Alliance. "
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Truman: "Leaving the Soviets unopposed in Europe."
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Bradley: "Exactly, sir."
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Truman: "Hoo boy."
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Truman: "And if we were to just let Britian invade? Then what?"
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Bradley: "Among other things, the Soviets would be highly motivated to step in on Iran's side."
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Acheson: "The Soviets vs. the West."
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Acheson: "God knows how many countries would get sucked into that fight."
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Bradley: "World War Thr--"
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Acheson: "Tst! Omar, let's not--"
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Truman: "The point is . . ."
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Truman: ". . . we're screwed no matter which we do."
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Acheson: " I see one slim option, sir . . . "
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Acheson: " . . . very slim."
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Acheson: "First, we press Britian to stand down just for now. "
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Acheson: "First, we press Britian to stand down just for now. "
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Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
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Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
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Acheson: "Draft a letter to Atlee personally."
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Acheson: "Hope to god we can stall him."
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Acheson: "Hope to god we can stall him."
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Truman: "And?"
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Acheson: "Then we work quickly . . ."
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Acheson: "Pry open even a small window for dialogue. "
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Acheson: "We then step up as mediators and hammer out a deal for everyone."
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McGhee: " A window for dialogue?"
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McGhee: "Meaning get Mossadegh to agree to talk to the Fraser gang?"
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McGhee: "Meaning get Mossadegh to agree to talk to the Fraser gang?"
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Acheson: "Yes."
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Bradley: "Uh! Are you dreaming, Dean?"
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Bradley: "Uh! Are you dreaming, Dean?"
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Bradley: "Even if we could . . ."
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Bradley: ". . . get a diplomat safely into Tehran right now . . . "
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Bradley: ". . . which is doubtful . . . "
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Bradley: " . . . who in the world's . . ."
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Bradley: " . . . good enough to cajole . . . "
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Bradley: " . . . Mossadegh into that?"
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Acheson: "Harriman." Truman: "Harriman."
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NARRATOR : " W. Averill Harriman.
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NARRATOR: "Yale Skull and Bones, racer of Thoroughbreds, director of the Marshall Plan in Europe "
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NARRATOR "Called "infallible" in diplomatic circles ..."
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Harriman could talk the talons off a hawk without disturbing a feather.
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