America's Great Game (71 page)

first marriage of,
18

frequent meetings with Allen Dulles,
251

and the GAMMA task force on Syria,
273–275
,
279

heart condition of,
39
,
131

and the Iran Crisis of 1946,
49–50

on Iranians vs. Arabs,
51–52

in Iraq,
40
,
42–44
,
50

in Jerusalem,
39–40

job offers following return from Iran,
64–65

on Kim’s first Middle East mission,
33

later years of,
295–296

Lebanese press coverage of Kim and,
255–256

in Lebanon as CIA station chief,
72
,
73
,
95
,
96
,
114
,
131
,
250

as a loyal public servant,
251

meeting second wife,
131–132

model career of,
295

in Morocco during WWII,
25–27

mother of,
20
,
31

on Nasser,
249

and the OMEGA program,
247

on Operation AJAX,
250

and Operation TORCH,
21
,
25

and Operation WAKEFUL,
247
,
255–256

and the OWI,
27
,
31

and Palestine,
64

physical description of,
40
,
247

and plans for an anti-Nasser Arab alignment,
248
,
252–253

poetic writings of,
19–20

positive accomplishments of,
297–299

postwar posting to Iran,
47–48
,
51–53

and the PWB,
27–29

and regime change in Syria,
246
,
247–248
,
249
,
250
,
252
,
261
,
268–269
,
272

relationship with Kim,
31–32
,
39
,
73
,
132

relationship with Miles,
65
,
72–73
,
95–96
,
132

resignation from government,
295

second marriage of,
132

selection of Kim for NEA division chief over,
114
,
115
,
131

and sympathy with Arab nationalism,
27
,
29–30
,
249
,
251

and Syrian instability,
246
,
247

touring Damascus with Miles and Kim,
73

training as a spy,
65

in Tunisia during WWII,
28–29

and use of anti-Soviet Islamists,
250–251

at Voice of America offices,
131–132
,
246
,
250

wartime travel with Kim to Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Transjordan,
39–40

Washington connections of,
115

Roosevelt, Archibald B., Sr.,
5
,
6
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
31

Roosevelt, Belle (mother of Kim).
See
Willard, Belle

Roosevelt, Eleanor,
46
,
70
,
90
,
116

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR),
10
,
14
,
15
,
24
,
46
,
48
,
49
,
55
,
56–57
,
59
,
60
,
61

Roosevelt, Kermit “Kim,” Jr.,
20
,
65
,
66
,
72
,
147
,
148
,
150–151
,
152
,
184
,
193
,
221
,
251
,
255
,
266
,
276
,
280
,
282
,
284

and AFME involvement,
118–119
,
121
,
125
,
129
,
130
,
185
,
238

ambivalence toward Egypt,
136

Anglophilia of,
169
,
227

and anti-Semitism,
83
,
88

as anti-Zionist,
78
,
82–86
,
87
,
88
,
89
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
93
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
126
,
144

and the ArabIsraeli conflict,
205
,
211
,
280
,
281

on the ArabIsraeli War (1948),
98

Archie on crypto-diplomatic efforts of,
250

articles written by,
78
,
79
,
84
,
135

awards received,
175
,
278
,
285

birth of,
5

book on the Middle East written by,
79–84
,
85
,
86
,
93
,
97
,
98
,
99
,
115
,
135
,
137
,
168–169
,
170
,
226
,
265
,
280

book on the 1953 Iran coup written by,
32–33
,
114
,
167
,
169
,
170
,
171–172
,
173
,
174
,
294

as chief of the NEA division of OPC,
115–116
,
133
,
135–136

childhood of,
4
,
5
,
6
,
9
,
17
,
55
,
78

CIA performance evaluation of,
114

and the CJP,
90
,
91
,
116

with the COI office,
15–16

complaints voiced by, over new Middle East policy,
279

and the conflict over the Buraimi oasis,
205

consultancy business of,
293–294

countercoups and,
165–166
,
167
,
267

criticisms targeting,
282

death of,
295

diminishing literary career of,
294–295

and the direct grant to Nasser,
191
,
192

disillusioned with Eisenhower Middle East policy,
278–279

disparate groups as anti-Zionist allies of,
85–89

education of,
9
,
11–12
,
12–13
,
19
,
31
,
149

family/married life of,
12
,
14
,
78
,
79
,
89
,
136
,
175
,
277–278
,
283
,
284
,
285

father of,
5–8
,
14–15
,
16
,
18
,
78

final years of,
295

financial affairs of,
78
,
284

game-playing tendencies of,
3–4
,
171
,
218
,
227

and the GAMMA task force on Syria,
279

giving up support for Nasser,
214
,
263–264

with Gulf Oil,
284
,
293

injury of,
40–41

in Italy,
40

in Jerusalem,
39–40

Lebanese press coverage of Archie and,
255–256

and Lebanon,
268

lecturing publicly about the Middle East,
78
,
84
,
88

list of Arabist defeats and,
281

as a loyal alumnus,
284–285

marriage of,
13

meeting with Churchill,
172–173

mother of,
5
,
11
,
12
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
32
,
91
,
115
,
132
,
134
,
169
,
175
,
284

and Naguib,
139
,
140

and the network of his Arabist, anti-Zionist allies,
89–93
,
117
,
144–145
,
185
,
242
,
291
,
293
,
299

as official OSS historian,
41
,
78

and the OMEGA program,
219
,
224
,
225
,
227
,
230

and Operation AJAX,
164–165
,
169–174
,
227
,
250
,
270
,
295

on Operation AJAX vs. SUCCESS,
224–225

and Operation Chameleon,
205

and Operation GAMMA,
205
,
206
,
209
,
210–211
,
212

and Operation MASK,
258
,
264

on Operation STRAGGLE,
224
,
225

on Operation SUCCESS,
224–225

organizing efforts of,
89–90
,
116
,
117
,
118–119
,
131

with the OSS,
33
,
37–38
,
40–41

at the OWI,
32

performance of, assessments on the,
217–218

personal evaluation of Miles,
148

personal relationships with Jews,
83–84

physical description of,
40
,
247

and plans for an anti-Nasser Arab alignment,
248
,
252
,
253

and plots against Sukarno,
133
,
284

poetic writings of,
3
,
9
,
12

and Political Action Staff,
227

positive accomplishments of,
297–299

posting to Cairo during WWII,
32–33
,
37
,
38
,
79
,
83

and post-revolutionary Egypt,
139–140
,
142–143

postwar excursion with Polly to the Middle East,
78–79

as the preferred crypto-diplomat,
200

and Project ALPHA plans,
181–182
,
205
,
227

promotion of,
176

publication problems surrounding
Countercoup
,
294

and the reactionary new policies toward Nasser,
245

recommended US Middle East policy,
81–82
,
82–83
,
85
,
99

and regime change in Egypt,
136
,
137
,
138
,
139

and regime change in Iran,
3
,
116
,
160–161
,
164–168
,
169–174
,
249
,
284

and regime change in Syria,
247
,
269–270
,
272
,
274
,
280

relationship with Archie,
31–32
,
39
,
73
,
132

relationship with Berger,
89
,
178–179

relationship with Levison,
89

relationship with Miles,
73

reprimanded for intervening,
234

resignations from government,
78
,
284

salary of,
115
,
278

and salvaging Project ALPHA,
203–204

satirical character based on,
203
,
264

scandal involving,
293–294

selected for NEA division chief over Archie,
114
,
115
,
131

siblings of,
11
,
14
,
18
,
31

sortie to Iran during WWII,
37–38

and the Soviet/Czech-Egyptian arms deal,
195–196
,
197
,
198
,
199
,
201