Concern of the United States for ensuring American participation in the development of petroleum resources in the Near East 1
1. For previous documentation on this subject, see Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. v, pp. 8 ff. An article entitled “Petroleum in International Relations” by John A. Loftus, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of International Trade Policy, is printed in the Department of State Bulletin, August 5, 1945, p. 173.
[21] Memorandum of Conversation, by the Acting Secretary of State (Grew)
[Washington,] May 29, 1945.
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[22] Memorandum by the Acting Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus) to Mr. John D. Linebaugh of the Division of British Commonwealth Affairs
[Washington,] May 31, 1945.
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[23] Memorandum by the Acting Chief of the Petroleum Division (Loftus) to the Assistant Chief of the Division of British Commonwealth Affairs (Pool)
[Washington,] June 1, 1945.
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[24] Memorandum by the Chief of the Petroleum Division (Darlington) to the Chief of the Division of Near Eastern Affairs (Merriam)
[Washington,] September 5, 1945.
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[25] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
London, September 27,
1945.
[Received October 16.]
[Received October 16.]
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[26] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
London, November 19,
1945.
[Received November 27.]
[Received November 27.]
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[27] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
London
. November 27, 1945—5 p.m.
[Received 9:30 p.m.]
[Received 9:30 p.m.]
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[28] The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
London, December 5,
1945.
[Received December 19.]
[Received December 19.]
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