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243. Memorandum From the Special Representative for Economic Summits ( Owen ) to President Carter

port ceilings if the oil market tightens, and (ii) reducing the Summit countries’ aggregate 1985 import goal by 4 mbd . Telegram 137327 to all OECD capitals, Jidda, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Manama, Kuwait, Algiers, Baghdad, Dhahran, Caracas, Jakarta, Tunis, Lagos, Mexico City, Quito, and Libreville, May 24, reported on the May 21–22 IEA Ministerial meeting in Paris. (National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, D800255–0512) The May 23 edition of The Washington Post published a story, written by Ronald Koven, entitled “West Rejects U.S. Plan on Oil Imports.” ( The Washington Post, May 23, 19…