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| Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser |
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| General Mohammed Naguib—he was toppled by him |
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| Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser |
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| son of post office clerk; began anti-British campaign during WWII |
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| Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser |
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| gifted student of Mohammed Mossadegh (Mossy); he mastered the use of rhetoric and the radio to inflame and mobilize the masses |
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| (who would eventually succeed Churchill as Prime Minister), Foreign Secretary of Britain, directed the negotiations whereby the British troops would be withdrawn within 20 months. |
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| did not see eye to eye about how to handle the canal situation. “Eden (British) and Dulles (American” already clashed over the Indo-Chinese war two years earlier. Eden had promoted diplomacy, by Dulles was not interested in that kind of peaceful resolution. Now, over the Suez Canal, they would trade roles” |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer |
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| Believed they were basically screwed no matter what |
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| Said their only hope was to take strong action and pray that connections in Middle East would hold |
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| Premier of France, held in concentration camps during WWII—thought as Eden did |
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| Belgian Foreign Minister, was on the side of France and Britain |
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| Wealthy Texas oil man made a secret trip to Saudi Arabia as Eisenhower’s personal emissary |
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| Sent to ask Saudis to pressure Nasser to compromise with Europe |
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| Threatened that the U.S. had found new ways to produce energy and would happily use them and make them available to Europe if Saudi Arabia did not wish to comply |
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| Ibn Saud and Prince Faisal (Foreign Minister in Saudi Arabia) did not feel threatened and they dismissed Anderson’s warning |
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| Prominent buyer of Russian oil |
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| Chairman of Standard of NJ in 1960s |
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| Studied chemical engineering; worked in a refinery in Baton Rouge—general manager by age 31 |
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| Problem: spend his entire career in the U.S.—didn’t know how Mid. East would react to another cut of the Posted Price |
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| Jersey’s Expert Middle East negotiator |
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| Man who had put together the Iranian consortium |
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| Greatly disagreed with Rathbone’s decision to cut prices |
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| Suggested Rathbone consult with the governments of producing companies before cutting prices |
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| OPEC’s first Secretary General (Iranian) |
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| King Faisal of Saudi Arabia |
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| was oriented toward the West; competition developed between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which culminated in their war in Yemen |
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| who aligned himself with King Saud, was fired with King Faisal came to power and was replaced with Ahmed Zaki Yamani |
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| 1963,upset about OPEC’s ineffectiveness and failure to produce benefits for Venezuela |
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| King of Libya; leading exports were esparto and scrap metal. However, even in 1905 geologist suspected oil |
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| wrote to Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (1949) and stated that foreign oil had destroyed the domestic marked for $2 billion worth of Texas oil |
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| He wanted tariffs on imported oil to be raised from $.105 to $1.05 per barrel and limit imports to 5% of domestic consumption |
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| suggested stockpiling oil and putting in exhausted wells ; however, this idea was rejected as well |
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| chairman of the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, told Sec. of State Dulles that those who were invoking ‘national security’ to restrict imports were all mixed up. If national security was the concern, the best thing to do was encourage imports in order to preserve domestic reserve |
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| Finally on March 10, 1959, announced the imposition of mandatory quotas on oil imports into the U.S. –disappointed the majors who had to go back and explain this to foreign exporters |
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| feared that other Mid. Eastern countries would be influenced by Nasser’s actions. |
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| Bermuda Conference— They met and discussed oil and Middle Eastern security |
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| Jan. 1957 Eden resigned; his ill health would not allow him to function as Prime Minister. He was asked to be Prime Minister |
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| Foreign Minister in Saudi Arabia |
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| Wealthy Texas oil man made a secret trip to Saudi Arabia as Eisenhower’s personal emissary |
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| Sent to ask Saudis to pressure Nasser to compromise with Europe |
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| Threatened that the U.S. had found new ways to produce energy, would happily use them and make them available to Europe if Saudi Arabia did not wish to comply |
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