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...church groups have asked Exxon to remove all its operations under concession to the Portuguese government from Guinea Bissau, a west African Portuguese colony...
Nationalists in Guinea Bissau, also called Portuguese Guinea, now have control over three-fourths of the nation after ten years of fighting for independence. The United Nations General Assembly has recognized the independent Guinea Bissau nation, but Portugal continues to hang on to its one-fourth of Guinea Bissau. Exxon has a Portuguese oil exploration contract in Guinea Bissau...
...Your article on Exxon is outstanding. Thank you for your fairness and objectivity in allowing a segment of big business to present its side of the energy shortage...
...Exxon Chairman John Jamieson's salary and bonus were reported to be $596,666 in 1973, not to mention his fringe benefits, which probably amount to plenty. Add to this the earnings of Exxon's other top executives. It appears that the increased fuel prices are necessary to maintain these ridiculous salaries, which the public is paying indirectly. Congress ought to stop this public gouging...
...contributions are still legal and a major source of political parties' funds-but rather the favors the oilmen allegedly got for them. Whether the companies can clear themselves depends largely on the eventual testimony of Industrialist Vincenzo Cazzaniga, who until two years ago headed both Unione Petrolifera and Exxon's local subsidiary Esso Italiana. A warrant for his arrest has been issued, but he is now on a business trip abroad. Cazzaniga is specifically charged with having distributed about $2 million to politicians in 1972 to make sure that the state electric company would keep using oil-fired...