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60. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State

ncouragement. Estimated 79 percent of Europe’s oil came in 1969 from that area while another 7 percent came from EE . This dependence on these uncertain areas of supply would be greater by 1980; by that time other potential suppliers like Venezuela, Nigeria, and Alaska will be committed to other purchasers, principally US and Japan. Indigenous sources (North Sea oil, natural gas, and nuclear power) would not come near satisfying Europe’s demand. Tanker shortage for next two years means Europe will be operating on narrow margin, even if weather is mild and there is no interruption of supply for…

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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	1970-10-20
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969–1974
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v36/d60
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Record ID	`frus:frus1969-76v36/d60`

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60. Telegram From the Embassy in the Netherlands to the Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1970. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v36/d60.