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Poppy Politics: American Agents, Iranian Addicts and Afghan Opium, 1945–80

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Ryan Gingeras
Ryan Gingeras*
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Department of National Security Affairs of the Naval Postgraduate School, USA
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Abstract

This paper surveys the history of American support for Iranian counter-narcotics policy between 1945 and 1989. In particular, it explores the general failings of Tehran's attempt to ban the domestic production and consumption of opium. The significance of this period is two-fold. First, this essay argues that American-backed efforts to combat the opium trade in Iran highlighted the detrimental effects narcotics had upon both state and society in Iran. Second, it suggests that the Iranian ban upon narcotics helped to stimulate a rise in Afghan opium production before the Soviet invasion of 1979.

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Iranian Studies , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 315 - 331
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Copyright © The International Society for Iranian Studies 2012

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17 By 1947, opium derived from Turkish sources began to overtake the trade in Iranian opium. See Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 31, 1947 (Washington, DC, 1948), 14.

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20 Letters from Garland M. Williams to H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics Regarding the Narcotics Situation in the Near East, February 9, 1949, George H. White Papers, Box 1, Folder 7, Special Collections Department, Stanford University. Among the families that profited from the opium trade Williams lists are the Pahlavi, Vahabzadeh, Ebtehajh, Namazee and Ardalan families.

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29 Valentine, Douglas, The Strength of the Wolf (London, 2004), x: 105Google Scholar. During his time in Iran, Williams served under the State Department's Office of Public Safety in the United States Official Mission to Iran.

30 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 10 April 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

31 In investigating one individual accused of bringing opium to the United States, SAVAK, according to Williams, proved “difficult to deal with so far as getting anything [information] from them.” See Garland Williams to Andrew Tartaglino, 29 October 1958, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB. Into the 1970s, it appears that Mohammad Reza Shah was fairly well removed from debates and issues with respect to narcotics. In 1971, the CIA drafted a memo with talking points on who to approach the “king of kings” on opium related issues. See “Considerations in Approaching the Shah to End Iranian Poppy Production,” 7 July 1971, CIA/ORR Job[?] SOTO 1315A, Box 24, Folder S-3686-S3716.

32 Harry Anslinger to Vice Admiral Alfred Richmond, 4 March 1958, Iran File, 1958–60

33 Garland Williams to Charles Siragusa, 25 February 1958, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 20 April 1958, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

34 It appears that Williams may have been somewhat conscious of his zealousness towards anti-narcotics operations. In one report back to Washington, he states that Iranians needed to see that “narcotics work” was important to “many persons from many countries” and “not just a crusade of Williams backed by Anslinger.” See Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 1 March 1959, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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38 Manfred Mandrot to Chief of Mission, Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie, 7 August 1962, Iranian File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 30 September 1958, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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42 Directorate of Intelligence, “The French–Turkish Connection: The Movement of Opium and Morphine Base from Turkey to France (December 1971),” CIA-RDP 73B00296R000300070022-8, CIA Records Search Tool (CREST), NARA; Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 27 February 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

43 Generally speaking, the files found in the Iran section of the FBN's records suggest that Pakistani-grown opium also posed an issue for the anti-narcotics regime in Iran. However, it seemed to Garland Williams, for example, that Pakistan served more as a transit point of Afghani opium than as a site of origin. See Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 10 April 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; Summary of Proceedings of Conference of Mutual Assistance for the Prevention of the Smuggling of Narcotic Drugs on the Iran–Pakistan Border (14–16 July 1962),” Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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46 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 26 May 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

47 Directorate of Intelligence, “The French–Turkish Connection”; “Information on a Case of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics or on a Seizure,” 13 August 1962, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB. Specific tribes involved in drug trafficking cited in the FBN files are the (Baluchi) Noori and (Pashtun) Alizai tribes. For later examples of Pashtun resistance to anti-opium efforts, see Jonathan Randal, “Afghanistan's Promised War on Opium,” The Washington Post, 2 November 1978.

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49 Letters from Garland M. Williams to H. J. Anslinger, Commissioner of Narcotics Regarding the Narcotics Situation in the Near East, January 26, 1949, George H. White Papers, Box 1, Folder 7, Special Collections Department, Stanford University. In reporting on a nationwide opium suppression campaign waged by the gendarmerie in 1965, the American agent, Manfred Mandrot, surmised that there would be some resistance from various tribes but the gendarmerie believed it had “sufficient firepower this year to overcome them.” Manfred Mandrot to Michael Picini, 23 February 1965, Iranian File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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52 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 10 April 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

53 G. E. Yates to Harry Anslinger, 15 April 1958, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

54 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 13 February 1959, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 18 June 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB. In 1961, for example, Afghanistan continued to refuse to meet with CENTO members on narcotics issues. See [Signature illegible] to Garland Williams, undated, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB. Also see Bernard Weinraub, “Afghan Use U.S. Aid Project for Opium,” New York Times, 26 May 1973.

55 See Abrahamian, Evrand, Iran Between Two Revolutions (Princeton, NJ, 2002)Google Scholar, passim.

56 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 26 May 1960, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 26 May 1961, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

57 “Field Notes of United Nations Advisor to the Narcotics Control Administration of Iran on a Tour of Control Offices and Agencies in Azerbaijan from 27th of October to 7th November 1962,” Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB; “Field Notes of United Nations Advisor to the Narcotics Control Administration of Iran on a Tour of Control Offices and Agencies in Southeastern and Eastern Iran from 24th of November to 12th December 1962,” Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

58 “Completion of Tour Report of Garland Williams,” March 1959, Iran File, 1958–60; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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60 John Cusack to Charles Siragusa, 30 January 1963, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

61 Manfred Mandrot to John Cusack, 26 March 1962, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

62 John Cusack to Manfred Mandrot, 20 April 1962, Iran File, 1961–63; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB. According to an investigation carried out in 1957 by FBN agent Joseph Salm, an informant had leveled similar charges against Ahmand Shafik, who as head of Parse Airlines had smuggled drugs from Tehran to Paris. See Memorandum Report, 15 January 1957, Iran Miscellaneous File; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

63 Untitled memorandum, 28 May 1964, Iran File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

64 Mr. Jarnigan to Mr. Movassaghi, undated, Iran File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

65 Valentine, The Strength of the Wolf, 117–19.

66 Memorandum Report, 6 January 1957, Iran Miscellaneous File; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

67 “Twelfth Progress Report of the United Nations Advisor for the Period October 1964 through June 1965,” Iran File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

68 Arthur Doll to Michael Picini, 6 January 1964, Iran File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

69 Eric Clark, “Iran Revises Opium Policy,” The Washington Post, 18 March 1969.

70 Garland Williams to Harry Anslinger, 20 April 1961, Iran File, 1958–61; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

71 Adolf Lande to George Gaffney, 6 April 1965, Iran File, 1964–67; FBN Files, 1916–70; DEA Records; RG 170; NAB.

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75 Lewis M. Simons, “Iran Cleanup Viewed as Token Effort,” The Washington Post, 23 February 1976.

76 Jonathan Randal, “Khalkhali Sends 20 Drug Dealers to Firing Squads,” The Washington Post, 22 May 1980; Jay Ross, “Iranian Clergyman Shows Booty from Drug-Busting Drive,” The Washington Post, 9 July 1980. Shooting suspected drug traffickers had been a policy also propagated under Pahlavi rule. See Henry Kamm, “They Shoot Smugglers in Iran but…,” New York Times, 11 February 1973.

77 Stuart Auerbach, “New Heroin Connection,” The Washington Post, 11 October 1979; “Unrest is Said to Unplug Heroin Flow from Adjoining Pakistan and Afghanistan,” The Washington Post, 9 December 1979.

78 There are a great many works that explore and analyze the role of drug trafficking and traffickers during the Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. For some of the more recent publications on this issue, see Dale Scott, Peter, American War Machine: Deep Politics, the CIA Global Drug Connection, and the Road to Afghanistan (Lanham, UK, 2010)Google Scholar; Shanty, Frank, The Nexus: International Terrorism and Drug Trafficking from Afghanistan (Santa Barbara, CA, 2011)Google Scholar.

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80 I think, on the basis of the FBN sources presented here, there is some reason to question the conclusion that Afghanistan “was not an important actor in the illicit opium market” before 1970. See Thoumi, Francisco, “The Rise of Two Drug Tigers: The Development of the Illicit Drugs Industry and Drug Policy Failure in Afghanistan,” in The Organized Crime Community, ed. Bovenkerk, Frank and Levi, Michael (New York, 2007), 127–28Google Scholar.

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