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7. Draft Paper Prepared in the Department of State

nd should be treated accordingly. d. Eastern Hemisphere oil must be considered relatively insecure. While it is difficult to assess relative degrees of security, we would say that of the major producers, 1) Indonesia and Iran are more secure than 2) Nigeria, the Arab states and Portuguese Africa. 7. The security of the United States is tied to the security of our allies and the well-being of many oil producers in the non-Communist world. Fortunately, the oil producing countries in the Eastern Hemisphere can continue to find their markets in that hemisphere and we will probably not need to make…