Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Near East and Africa, Volume V - Office of the Historian

Participation by the United States in the development of the petroleum resources of the Near East ¹

^1.Continued from Foreign Relations, 1946, vol. vii, pp. 18–50. For other aspects of the Department’s views on Near Eastern oil, see pp. 551–556. Further information on this subject is contained in an article by John A. Loftus entitled “Middle East Oil: The Pattern of Control”, which appeared in the Middle East Journal, January 1948, pp. 17–32. The author was Chief of the Department’s Petroleum Division until his resignation on October 31, 1947.

[435] The French Ambassador (Bonnet) to the Secretary of State

Washington, January 4, 1947.

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[436] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus)

[Washington,] January 9, 1947.

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[437] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)

[Washington,] January 10, 1947.

890.6363/1–647: Telegram

[438] The Chargé in Iraq (Moose) to the Secretary of State

Baghdad, January 13, 1947—2 p. m.

891.6363/1–1347: Telegram

[439] Memorandum by the Director of the Office of Near Eastern and African Affairs (Henderson) to the Under Secretary of State (Acheson)

[Washington,] January 16, 1947.

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[440] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Iran

Washington, January 27, 1947—noon.

891.6363 AIOC/1–2047: Telegram

[441] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State

Moscow, January 28, 1947.

891.6363 AIOC/1–2847: Telegram

[442] Memorandum of Conversation by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)

[Washington, undated.]

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[443] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)

[Washington,] February 3, 1947.

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[444] The Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus) to the British Petroleum Attaché (Jones)

Washington, February 5, 1947.

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[445] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)

[Washington,] February 13, 1947.

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[446] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Iran

Washington, February 13, 1947—8 p. m.

891.6363 AIOC/2–747: Telegram

[447] Memorandum by the Deputy Director of the Office of International Trade Policy (Nitze) to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton)

[Washington,] February 21, 1947.

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[448] Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens) to Mr. George C. McGhee, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Clayton)

Washington, March 4, 1947.

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[449] Memorandum of Conversation, Prepared in the Department of State

[Washington, undated.]

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[450] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

Jadda, March 21, 1947.

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[451] Memorandum by the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Bevin)

[Moscow, undated.]

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[452] The Acting Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)

Washington, April 10, 1947.

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[453] The British Embassy to the Department of State

Washington, 9 July, 1947.

891.6363 AIOC/7–947

[454] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State

Jidda, July 9, 1947—4 p. m.

890F.6363/7–947: Telegram

[455] The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Inverchapel)

Washington, August 6, 1947.

891.6363 AIOC/7–947

[456] Editorial Note

[457] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of Commerce (Harriman)

Washington, September 8, 1947.

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[458] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom

Washington, October 10, 1947—7 p. m.

891.6363/10–1047: Telegram

[459] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Richard H. Sanger of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs

[Washington,] December 26, 1947.

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