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
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[436] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus)
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[437] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)
890.6363/1–647: Telegram
[438] The Chargé in Iraq (Moose) to the Secretary of State
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)
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[440] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Iran
891.6363 AIOC/1–2047: Telegram
[441] The Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Smith) to the Secretary of State
891.6363 AIOC/1–2847: Telegram
[442] Memorandum of Conversation by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)
890.6363/3–647
[443] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)
891.6363 AIOC/2–347
[444] The Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus) to the British Petroleum Attaché (Jones)
891.6363 AIOC/2–547
[445] Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Petroleum Division (Eakens)
890.6363/2–1347
[446] The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Iran
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)
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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)
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[449] Memorandum of Conversation, Prepared in the Department of State
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[450] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State
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[451] Memorandum by the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Bevin)
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[452] The Acting Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Bonnet)
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[454] The Minister in Saudi Arabia (Childs) to the Secretary of State
890F.6363/7–947: Telegram
[455] The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Inverchapel)
891.6363 AIOC/7–947
[457] The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of Commerce (Harriman)
890.6363/8–2847
[458] The Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in the United Kingdom
891.6363/10–1047: Telegram
[459] Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Richard H. Sanger of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs
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