Word: oils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kind of first step in contingency planning, however, the U.S. was quietly asking several other oil-producing countries whether they would be able to increase their petroleum output in case Iran's production dwindled even further than it had already. At week's end a strike by oil workers had cut the country's normal daily production of 6 million bbl. to about half that total. Then, at the suggestion of National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, the President invited George Ball, an Under Secretary of State in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, to join the National...
...post-Shah Iran," but that surely was part of his assignment. Another part: to ponder the impact of Iran's instability on nearby Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials are exceedingly worried about the vulnerability of this sparsely populated, semifeudal monarchy, which possesses the world's largest proven oil reserves (150 billion bbl.). Admits one Administration official: "It gives me the willies just thinking about Saudi Arabia...
Helms feels that the problem in Iran dwarfs almost every other foreign policy consideration of the moment for the Western world, including the final agreement on the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty. Iran is "dangerous." His view: this is oil, the free world's lifeblood. This could sweep the entire Middle East into chaos. This could lead to serious confrontation between the superpowers...
...past failures that produced the current upheaval, it is obvious that he finds Washington's response lethargic and uncomprehending. Not only would he get tough with the Russians, he would also be firm with the British, French and Germans, who have an immense stake in Middle East oil. The Israelis, too, have a huge interest in Iran and her oil; surely they could find a way to help...
...that for too long America has heard only of the Shah's repressions and his violations of human rights. The difficulty of governing Iran was never understood in the U.S. nor, for that matter, was the Shah's loyalty to the U.S. Helms remembers that during the oil embargo of 1973, the Shah sent his emissaries to Egypt and Saudi Arabia to plead for a quick end. He kept Israel supplied with oil at that time. Once he secretly sent a tanker out to refuel an American carrier task force running low on oil in the Indian Ocean...