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February 29, 1984: State Department Pushes Ex-Im Bank to Fund Aqaba Oil Pipeline

1984-02-29

Bechtel executive H.C. Clark notes in an interoffice memo that “the State Department has exerted strong pressure on Ex-Im [the US Export-Import Bank] to make additional credits available [in Iraq], including for this [Aqaba ] pipeline.” [Vallette, 3/24/2003]