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103. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting

h : Our total oil imports are about 25% and that includes oil from Canada, Venezuela, etc. Only about 7% of our oil comes from the Middle East. Adm. Moorer : But there’s a lot of back-scratching on transportation. For instance, we get sweet oil from Nigeria, but it is owned in Libya. Nigeria is just closer to the U.S. Mr. Rush : Yes, they do a lot of swapping around to get the closest transportation route. Mr. Noyes : The Japanese have about a 10-minute supply. Mr. Atherton : A selective embargo would be the most effective. Adm. Moorer : The Japanese get 90% of their oil from the Persian Gulf.…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1973-10-06
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v25/d103
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76v25/d103`

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103. Minutes of Washington Special Actions Group Meeting. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1973. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v25/d103.