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132. Memorandum for the Record

issue with Perez. See footnotes 2 and 4, Document 128 . We should push harder with Venezuela. Brzezinski said that oil would be an important item on the President’s trip. We intend to stress the oil issue in Venezuela, but put less emphasis on it in Nigeria, because of our ongoing initiatives in Africa, and in Saudi Arabia, because of Arab-Israeli concerns. It would be an important issue with the Shah. Blumenthal asked for practical suggestions. Reportedly, many OPEC members favor a 10–15% price hike. The Saudis, for tactical purposes, may propose a price freeze but in the end support a modera…

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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	1977-10-18
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXXVII, Energy Crisis, 1974–1980
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v37/d132
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132. Memorandum for the Record. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1969-76v37/d132.