VERSAILLES COAL PAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R000600010024-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: May 6, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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It is in the national
portation facilities. new produet,i4n and
forces by reducing and/or elimira ingntrade
which restrict coal import
shd price barriers S. and (3);eReouraging
foreign equity s
trans y participation in existina and
the ? - -~-- --? ate,,, unri new port capacity, pest ion of paark t (2) el a~oi t
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rgy and to stress actions necess4r byathe
to increase coal use, production, and trade. These act o y
(3) the signing of. long-term contrartq includes
sen their dependence on izis~.
unstable sources of on
security interests ofthe Urt4ii St:
encourage our allies to le wt
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'Coal is an economical energy f om reliable Western sources. Withtone~tfve available ~? quantity
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3t~ot~ ' quart
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11- ESSENTIAL FACTORS
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reseres, the United States is uni uel o
the ld ~>:
b4come the worldex leadin 9 Y positioned to
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r, use, and trade.
At the lint, however, the economic recession coupled with
the soft ail morkot have temporarily deflated coal deman
slowed investment in coal-burning facilities. In additienansome
Sit countries still pursue Policies which in effect r
coal imports. Germany, for example, ~triry
which it regards as a' strategic sourcerof~supply, coal ar~slgatrY,
iT port quotas and aub$idies. P by a 8y~etea~ of
The Pg+asident's Coal .Ex v supplier of coal to foreign m r. ets.
tement illustratea~ t o U.S.
c itmepat to increase coal productioa
eel as a U.S. r*luptance tontake econcretetmeasures ito red e the
delivered cost of our. coal, and are likely to cite ouruue they
ne:ss to ShouldeV the costs of - Mine
French and Dutch already have major dredging as a enai. ' (The
p proj projects mps un.erwaY. )
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Our SusMit partners ca b
t'iticism= U.B. harbors should be dredged to acco, n date
lar ger vesffie $.
Re nset The United States has never failed to deliv~
under con race even during strikes. The er Coa
U.B. port* during 1980 have been by neshj at
at
loaning registration system developed by the railroads. gd~,ohip
This Administration believes that port expansion be borne by private industry, now avily' in
Capacity expansion projects. Moreover, firmnlong-termeco1 jtmmes
from foreign buyers are necessary to sustain a market env4ronrnent
conducive to continued investment in necessary facilities4
it Supt The United States is not. a reliable au
PP isr of coal.
w 820 aus Legislation is currently before the U.Se
wgr*
hich t d allow market forces to determine which its re most
ecbno*ica11Y suitable .for deepening. However, ex -
ling moat
ling capacity has first priority. pension f: hand
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