VOL. XXXI
NO. 8
30-NOVEMBER-1987
IRAN
US Pressure Japan to Join Iran Oil Embargo
Despite a discouraging response so far, the Reagan administration iskeeping up its pressure on Japan to join the recently-declared US embargo onIranian oil (MEES, 2 November).
Speaking at a press meeting in Tokyo on 20 November, US Commerce SecretaryWilliam Verity asked whether the Japanese would "join with us in the oilembargo against Iran if Saudi Arabia and the UAE will make up the shortfall thatwould result,"...
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