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114. Note From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff ( Wolfowitz ) to Secretary of State Shultz

ition to major trade in consumer goods and machinery, the US relies on the Pacific for more than 90% of its natural rubber, and large amounts of imported wool, tin, meat, plywood, bauxite, sugar and oil. In the latter part of 1981 Indonesia replaced Nigeria as our second largest source of oil, after Saudi Arabia. On the export side, the Pacific has now surpassed the EEC as our largest market for agricultural products (see Table IV). Not attached is Table IV, “Rank of Country as Importer of Commodity from the US in 1981.” — The Pacific is an area of comparative stability at present, despite dee…