VOL. XL

No. 15

14-April-1997

WASHINGTON

Pelletreau On Middle East Developments

The following is the full text of a speech delivered by Mr.Robert H. Pelletreau at the seventh annual International Petroleum Forum, sponsored by thePetroleum Finance Company, in Washington, D.C. on 8 April. Mr. Pelletreau was US AssistantSecretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs from February 1994 to January 1997. He leftoffice on 31 March. He has now joined the law firm Afridi & Angell in Washington, D.C....