British Diplomatic Oil Crisis: Contemporary Anglo-Saxon Geopolitical Rivalries in the Persian Gulf: Drawing a Lesson? Or Sir Anthony Eden‘s Delusion of Grandeur.

the
British Navy without costing a single penny to the
taxpayer.36

Consequently, Churchill had every reason to take interest in the
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company’s crisis. ‘Churchill enjoyed dramatic
operations and had no high regard for timid diplomatists.’
37 Therefore, when Eden became ill, Churchill
took on responsibility for foreign affairs. After a number of
conversations with woodhouse, he gave the authority from London.
The date was set for mid-August 1953. Similar to Churchill,
Eisenhower mastered details and paid attention to documents. He
gave his endorsement to the operation. Operation AJAX was the
American name, and Operation BOOT was the British name for the
anti- Musaddiq plan.

Operation
AJAX, like Operation BOOT, was based on Iranian
influentials. The two networks now closely worked together. Since no
British official could now enter Iran, Kermit Roosevelt became the
obvious man to take charge of the coup. Roosevelt, on 6th July 1953,
went to Iran, and was authorised to co-ordinate fully the details of
the operation, with General Norman Schwarzkopf (then
Brigadier-General), in charge of the overall operation, who had
served in Iran for six years as head of the Shah’s gendamerie.

The
Rashidian brothers were provided with a radio transmitter to
maintain contact with MI6 and Woodhouse put his opposite number in
the US Central Intelligence Agency in touch with other useful allies
in Iran.38

In southern Iran some of
the tribal leaders were in the pay of MI6.
Both the urban and the rural components would be