MENA REPORTS ON SAUDI THREAT OF OIL BOYCOTT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-209-6-18-4
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 25, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/11 : LOC-HAK-209-6-18-4
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MENA REPORTS ON SAUDI THREAT OF OIL BOYCOTT
4N271600 CAIRO MENA IN ARABIC 2254 GMT 25 SE? 76 JN
(TEXT) WASHINGTON, 25 SEPTEMBER-SAUDI ARABIC HAS BOYCOTT
THE UNITED STATES THAT THE APPROVAL OF
BILL WHICH IS NOW BEFORE CONGRESS MIGHT MEAN THE SUSPENSION OF
THE WARNING, WHICH WAS
TES
D ST
.
A
OIL SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITE
RY OF THE TREASURY GERALD PARSKY,
T
A
HANDED TO ASSISTANT SECRE
N AMENDMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT
IS SPECIFICALLY CONNECTED TO A
EXPORTS LAW WHICH THE.SENATE IS CURRENTLY DEBATING AND- 4HICH IT
IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK"
TTER
THE MENA CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON SAYS THAT THEILE NOT
CONTAINING THIS WARNING INDICATES THAT SAUDI
TAKE ANY ACTION UNLESS IT FEELS COMPELLED TO,... O SO AS A RESULT
OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE U.S. CONGRESS. THE AMENDMENT TO- THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT EXPORTS LAW IS ONE OF SEVERAL G ISLAT IVE ACTIONS
AGAINST THE ARAB BOYCOTT, WHICH IS AIMEV AT COMPANIES WHICH
ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL DEALINGS WITH ISRA L.
PARSKY, WHO RECEIVED THE WAR.N.LNG FROM SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER
PRINCE SA' UD IBN FAYSAL, HAS COMMENTED ON THIS AMENDMENT, WHICH
IS BACKED BY NEW YORK DEMPCARSKY~CO~IMENTEDTTHATETHI5NAMENDMENTGWOULD
AND BENJAMIN ROSENTHAL.
MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR SAUDI ABIA TO DEAL WITH U.S. PETROLEUM
COMPANIES. THE SAUDI WARNIN HE SAID, IS A SERIOUS THREAT
TO AT LEAST 1S PERCENT OF i3 S. OIL IMPORTS.
THE ASSISTANT V I SAID THAT THE PROPOSED OF
THE GOVERNMENT EXPORTS WOULD ALSOPINEENT NT SER TR C N FIRMS
THE
FROM GIVING INFORMAT IO O ANY COUNTRY
BOYCOTT. THE D IFF ICU THING r PARSKY SAID, IS THAT SAUDI ARABIA
A
F
D
IS ASKING PETROLEUM A ARE SNgT
ISRAEL?
TO
SHIPPED
SHOWING THAT THE CARGOES BEING
BEFORE LEAVING FOR NEW YORK TO ATTEND5HE `}TEST SESSION
SNSN CONTACTS
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PRINCE SA'UD IBN AYA
WITH CONGRESSMEN AND REPRESENTATIVES OF IMPORTANT AND. INFLUENTIAL
ESTABLISHMENTS, DURING WHICH HE WARNED AGAINST THE RESULTS OF
DIF OREIGNTMINISTER
THE ANTI-ARAB BOYCOTT LEBISLATION. THE.SSAUDI
STRESSED DURING HIS CONTACTS WITH
ARAB STATES INTEND TO CONTINUE THE USE OF THE BOYCOTT AS AN
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEAPON AGAINST ISRAEL UNTIL A MIDDLE
EAST SETTLEMENT IS REACHED. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOYCOTT IS
NOT A RELIGIOUS SUBJECT AND DOES NOT ENTAIL ANY DISCRIMINATION
OF ANY KIND.
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27 SEP 1706Z SCT/KK
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/11 : LOC-HAK-209-6-18-4