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CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000403030002-3: STRENGTH IN OIL PRICES ISN'T LIKELY TO LAST, MANY ANALYSTS THINK

STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/11: CIA-RDP90-00965R000403030002-3 Many Analysts Think Recent Rises Don't Reflect Much Gain in Demand; Barter Distorts Supplies Isn't Likely to Last, Strength in Oil Price Crude Estimate'' C 'i I`EE RU, HEA,. F%r 06 U, I. What the CIA Was Told By Yovsssr M. IBRAHIM And ALLANNA SULLIVAN Staff Reporters of THE WALL S rnssr JOURNAL When last January's meeting of the Or- ganization of Petroleum Exporting Coun- tries broke up In disarray, conventional . wisdom in the international oil fraternity was that prices were heading for…