| Scope and content |
Papers (1953, 1965-1979) of Eric W. Pollard, member of U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1941, including correspondence and a report on U.S. security interests in Iran. The centerpiece of the collection is a report entitled "Security Reappraisals for the Forward Defense Countries (in this case Iran and Pakistan) for U.S. Policy Purposes for the 1970s." The eighteen pages of text and eighteen pages of tables and notes are the culmination of a nine-month study by Captain Pollard (1965). This collection also includes several letters and memos from government officials such as Ambassador Loy Henderson, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Admiral Arleigh Burke, and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Eric W. Pollard Papers (#565), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Eric W. Pollard USN (Ret). |
| Biographical note | Eric W. Pollard was born May 18, 1917. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1941 and served as the first Naval attaché to Iran. He retired from the Navy in 1965. |
