U.S.A.: PRESIDENT NIXON SAYS ARAB OIL IS PART OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE, AND BOTH SIDES ARE AT FAULT FOR NOT NEGOTIATING.

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  • Title: U.S.A.: PRESIDENT NIXON SAYS ARAB OIL IS PART OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI DISPUTE, AND BOTH SIDES ARE AT FAULT FOR NOT NEGOTIATING.
  • Date: 5th September 1973
  • Summary: 1. GV Press stand as Nixon enters room 0.10 2. GV Audience 0.14 3. CU Nixon speaks 2.06 The film includes President Nixon's opening speech to the press, a transcript of which follows: PRESIDENT NIXON: "The answer to the problem of oil that we presently depend upon in the Middle East -- we depend on it not of course nearly as much as Europe, but we're all in the same bag when it comes down to it -- the problem that we have is, is that as far as the Arab countries are concerned, the ones that are involved, is that it is tied up with the Arab-Israeli dispute. That is why I am talking to Dr. Kissinger, both before I nominated him and since, that we have put at the highest priority moving toward making some progress toward the settlement of that dispute. That's one side of it. "The other problem, of course, are the radical element that presently seem to be on the ascendency in various countries in the Middle East, like Libya. Those elements, of course, we are not in a position to control, although we may be in a position to influence them, influence them for this reason -- oil without a market, as Mr. Mossadegh learned many, many years ago, doesn't do a country much good. We and Europe are the market, and I think that the responsible leaders will see it, see to it that if they continue to up the price, if they continue to expropriate, if they do expropriate without fair compensation, the inevitable result is that they will lose their market and other sources will be developed." "Israel simply can't wait for the dust to settle, and the Arabs can't wait for the dust to settle in the Middle East. Both sides are at fault Both sides need to start negotiating. That is our position. We are not pro-Israel. We are not pro-Arab, and we're not any more pro-Arab because they've got oil and Israel hasn't. We are pro-peace." Initials BB/1842 TA/DE/BB/1850 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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