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...summit meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Shortly before that conference ended, Algerian President Houari Boumedienne dramatically announced that the two neighbors had agreed to settle "problems" that had made them bitter enemies for almost half a century. As the OPEC delegates cheered wildly, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Iraqi Strongman Saddam Hussein Takriti embraced each other...
Massive Aid. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iran's 55-year-old ruler, has a clear idea of the role that Pan Am will play in his country's development. Since 1964, Pan Am has been providing training and technical assistance to the Iranian national carrier, Iran Air. Now, with the use of Pan Am's terminals and expertise in maintenance and promotion, the Shah intends to turn Iran Air into a major international airline, carrying tourists and businessmen from all over the world to Tehran, where $5 billion in new construction and renovation is under...
...about 80,000 bbl. of oil per day, or 50% of its requirements, that Israel is pumping out of the Abu Rudeis oilfields in Sinai-a rate that by present estimates will exhaust the fields within five years. In Zurich, Kissinger met with ski-vacationing Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran, whose refineries already provide about 50% of Israel's oil needs. The Shah was willing to make up the difference from Abu Rudeis if the fields were given back to Egypt. "Once the tankers are loaded," he said grandly, "where it goes is of no importance...
Awash in surplus oil profits, Iran is swiftly becoming the world's most acquisitive power. No purchase seems too big nor risk too great for Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as he pursues his oft proclaimed goal of transforming his ancient kingdom into one of the globe's most important nations. Last week reports surfaced that the Shah once again was stalking where most bankers fear to tread. According to aviation-industry experts, Iran's banks are preparing to grant a loan, thought to be as much as $250 million, to ailing Pan American World Airways...
...Farah Pahlavi, Express of Iran, notes that her husband is "interested in Iran's GNP." With what complementary problem does she profess to deal...