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Something Old, Something New (Russian Natural Gas)
The Brussels Journal ^ | 02 January 2006 | George Adair

Posted on 01/02/2006 3:07:12 AM PST by lowbuck

WESTERN officials are to meet in Washington later this week to discuss the precise implications of U.S. sanctions against the Soviet Union on the construction of the 5,500km Siberia-West Europe gas pipeline.

The Reagan Administration has long argued that the pipeline will make West Europe dangerously dependent on the Soviet Union. EEC countries say it would be “very wrong” for the U.S. to use the present situation to destroy the pipeline.

(Excerpt) Read more at brusselsjournal.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: eu; pipeline; russia; westerneurope
A blast from the past! Follow the link to read the entire story as reported in the Financial Times way back in 1982 when America was "ruled" by another idiot for president.

I love being able to say "I told you so".

1 posted on 01/02/2006 3:07:13 AM PST by lowbuck
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