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21. Editorial Note

Following the outbreak of the Six-Day War on June 5, 1967, all Arab states officially embargoed oil shipments bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and West Germany. For documentation on the embargo, see Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, volume XXXIV, Documents 228 ff. For documentation relating to the Six-Day War, see Foreign Relations, 1964–1968, volume XIX.