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...should do this either by liberalizing quotas or replacing them with a less restrictive tariff system, as a Nixon-appointed task force recommended-to no avail-a year ago. Such a move would have to be coupled with the building of a domestic reserve supply to guard against a Mideast shutoff. To do that, the import task force suggested storing domestically produced oil in salt domes or steel tanks. Another alternative would be to develop fields in areas where production costs are high. The wells would be capped and kept in reserve, but reopened in event of a possible interruption...
...survive," but added: "We can't guarantee their [South Vietnamese] survival." Still, he in effect held out the hope that the purpose of U.S. intervention-the prevention of a Communist takeover-can be achieved. Otherwise, he said, "all over Southeast Asia, all over the Pacific, in the Mideast, in Europe, in the world, the United States would suffer a blow. And peace, because we are the greatest peace-keeping nation in the world today because of our power, would suffer a blow from which it might not recover." The doubt remained: How far and how long would Nixon have...
Nixon rendered the Soviet Union a veiled threat not to try to dominate the Mideast. He said that the U.S. does not seek a dominant position in thatarea, and added, "We cannot allow others to establish...
Abba Eban, Israel's Foreign Minister, addressed a crowd of more than 2200 at Harvard yesterday and vowed that his country would not abandon the current Mideast cease-fire lines until a permanent peace with the Arab nations has been achieved...
...Russians, due to resume in Helsinki next month. Moreover the intensive Russian experimentation comes at a time when Washington is becoming increasingly nervous about Moscow's intentions in a number of areas-from Suez, where Soviet SA-2 and SA3 missiles have been emplaced in violation of the Mideast truce, to the Cuban sugar port of Cienfuegos, where Russian technicians are building a base capable of handling missile-carrying submarines...