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.


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