IMPLICATIONS OF AN OIL PRICE DECLINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R001000060004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: MEMO

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hit ',t~t1~?I'd ?i Oh: The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger
The Secretary of Defense
SUhJI: T Implications of an Oil Price Decline
s believe you will find the attached intelligence
~a: sessment.. on the isnpl canons o-F a possible oil price
decline worth reading. The report points out that a
dCLIin(' could have a substantial positive impact on the
global econo:?y. An oil price decline, howevrer, will
a15.,) bring viit : it a number of potentially serious
f-eeediriicks -that can he avoided if we recognize the risks
!~efoieha J.
Willi am J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence