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 Department Of State Washington DC 20528 January 26, 1972

SECRET John Washburn, Esq. Petroleum Attache American Embassy Tehran

Dear John: Enclosed are seven pages representing our final corrections to the report recently sent to you on the "International Oil Industry Through 1980." It would be appreciated if you could have them substituted for the corresponding pages in our original study.

We have had our final meetings on the oil paper and under secretary Irwin and I are now in the process of starting implementation by calls on Lincoln, Morton, Laird, Schlesinger, Haldman, Stein and others. Towards the end of the month, the secretary will send a letter to the President telling him what we have done and what we think should be done. In the meantime, we would appreciate and comments or observations you may wish to offer. Needless to say, our report should not be shown to the Iranian Government.

Sincerely, (Signature) James E. Akins Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Resources and Food Policy

Enclosures: Corrected copies of pages: 2,3,28,85,86,90 & 91 of the "International Oil Industry Through 1980"

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