A CONSUMER GROUP TODAY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY TO OBTAIN DATA SUPPORTING PREDICTIONS THAT THE SOVEIT UNION WILL SOON SCARCE WORLD OIL SUPPLIES.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100380019-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: March 4, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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SCARCE LIQFILO OIL SI1PPL IES.
HLT?HITU r C1i S IIRCES i{E T NOB. A' 'E E4E~!
THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RCT t THE SUIT CONTENDED THE AGENCY
BREACHED ITS OUR CONFIDENCE LAST SEPTEMBER WHEN [r BRIEFED SELECTED
MEDIA ON THE SOVIET OIL i)UTLQOK.
THE SUIT W1RB FILED IN D.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF
C?Of.1.. ?.I.R By THE. A.HERLCRU. C I:4 IL.LIBERTIES FOUNDATION ON BEHALF OF THE
ENERGY ACTIO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
THE CONSUMER OF;O1IPt WHICH FAVORS PETROLEUM PRICE AND ALLOCATION
CONTROLS I TH INKS THE PUB L I C IS EUUTI TLEIj TO SEE THE ij I i? f SUPPORTING
DATA BECAUSE AGENCY PI !1=tE!: ; IOUS DF IMMINENT OIL SHORTAGE WERE PIVOTAL
IN THE DECISION TO PHASE O11T DOMESTIC 0I11 !,! N T oLs.
'THIS It4FORHRTION IS VITAL IN ORDER FAR THE PUBLIC TO SE ABL E TO
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DETERMINE WHETHER DR NOT R ttIA tLVSE~ THE ~i:fi IS 't1='Ii}l ~ s ~ ~ r SOY Ifv = 3 +: IS ;?. t _ }=.E iI. RP O I l=5 [ CT
ENERG'I' 0E IELQFHEUTS ARE RELIABLE Afar iDEGUATE= ?;RID EDWIN
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DIRECTOR OF Nf E~~~ rR~'iGY ii i i.ii7' !1t~-?=!, ~t1.: i!_ ~{~t!.: MANY t'EAN= it TINErt.=:; THE CIA HAS
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NEV IN Riff Ifs REIA?' III t='t TIGHT WORLD O~'' EXP `.''' MARKET BY j*f= T I385
IN THE PAST ?'EARS HOUEj=E Ri i SMALL GLUT li DE'4ELOFED ON THE WORLD
__OIL -'MARKET..>A5 U. S. I:NF'IRTS AMID OVERALL !AIL MINSUMPTION STARTED
DECLINE.
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ROTHSCHILD CHID HE WAAS FORCED T ! O FILE ?.!HET DISCLOSURE :3U1 f "BECAUSE
THE AGENCY REFUSED TO PR!'='f IDE US WITH THE SANE INFORMATION THEY
PR!I715ED TO THE OIL & GAS JOURNAL AT A SECRET BRIEFING LAST
SEPTEMBERI .
70HN JEHNRI CH t WASHINGTON ED} ITORR OF THE OIL AND i AS JOURHRL i SAID
HE ATTENDED THE CIA BRIEFING BUT WOULD NNOT COMMENT ON THE CONTENT.
ROTHSCHILD SAID WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER AND HIS ENERGY
SECRETRR75 JAMES SCHLESINOERf UNVEILED THEIR NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN IN
APRIL i9TT THEY 'RELIED E iTEHSIVEL?' OH THE CIA PROJECTIONS OF A
COMING SHORTAGE AND DECLINING SOVIET PRODUCTION.
'WE-HOPE THE INFORNRIIOHI THE CIA PROVIDED TO A SELECT GROUP OF
ANALYSTS AND REPORTERS LAST SEPTEMBER WILL PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN
INSIGHT AS TO HOW THE CIA ARRIVES AT ITS ESTIMATES OF SOVIET OIL
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