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...Belgium, Great Britain, the U.S. It will take Middle East and Algerian oil from tankers and channel it to twelve departments of eastern France, to the northern half of Switzerland and to a southern portion of Germany that accounts for 40% of all West German oil consumption. By eliminating overland haulage and the 2,000-mi.-plus roundabout ocean voyage to North Sea ports, it stands to ease the costs of gasoline and fuel oil; in Karlsruhe last week Esso trimmed gasoline prices ½?-1½? per gallon...
...Leap Overland. In theory, the Mohawks would sweep low over the battle area to seek out the enemy troops. Guided by information from the Mohawks, the U.S. soldiers organized into the Air Cavalry Troop (so named because its function is similar to the deep penetration and surveillance missions of oldtime horse brigades) would leap over rivers, hills and forests in their choppers, land in strategic striking spots. As they attacked, the aircraft would support them with airborne firepower. The whole operation would be directed by the troop commanders, thus providing close air-ground coordination in battle...
Betancourt made it clear that he did "not come asking for contributions from U.S. taxpayers." He wanted reconsideration of the policy that imposes quotas on U.S. oil imports from overseas but exempts oil shipped in overland from Canada and Mexico. Last December, when the Kennedy Administration tightened quotas, Betancourt foresaw a loss of close to $40 million worth of exports a year. He personally telephoned Kennedy in Palm Beach to protest-and got a promise that the problem would be reviewed...
...tank trucks, which immediately set off on the eight-mile run to the Gateway Bridge between Brownsville and Matamoros. Once they reach Matamoros, the trucks make a wide U-turn and swing back onto the bridge, where U.S. customs officers now accept their cargo as Mexican oil imported by overland means. Forty minutes after the trucks are first loaded, they are back at the Brownsville docks, where their cargo is ultimately loaded aboard U.S. tankers headed for East Coast refineries...
...Interior Department, partly as a result of prodding from the State Department, agrees. Sagely, however, Hofmokel has concluded a gentleman's agreement with the Government: so long as Brownsville limits its oil imports to 30,000 bbl. a day, the U.S. will make no move to rewrite the overland import rules...