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Word: sonatrach (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...relations between the two have been severed since the Six-Day War. Four hundred American technicians are helping Boumedienne develop the immense oil and natural-gas resources in the Sahara, and even U.S. management firms have been retained to smooth administrative problems. The biggest deal made so far by Sonatrach, the government-owned monopoly, is a $5 billion contract to provide natural gas for the U.S. East Coast. "There is no contradiction in our policy," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammed ben Mehal blandly explained to TIME Correspondent Gavin Scott last week. "The American people are one thing and what the American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: The Triste Just Society | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

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