Word: transcaucasus
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been out of service since the field was shut down by Iranian strikers last autumn. The Soviets, who built the line in 1970, pay Iran more than $250 million annually for some 10 billion cubic meters of gas, which they distribute through branch lines to the whole of the Transcaucasus. Like their American counterparts, Soviet officials seemed at first to assume that the disruption of deliveries would be only brief, and little was done to arrange for alternative sources of supply if the troubles continued into winter. Belatedly they are now rushing to get apartments and factories to convert...
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