Person
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Wealth in 1973.
- Dates
- 1930–2021
- Also known as
- Zaki Yamani
- Wikidata
- Q401574
Connections 2
intervened in
- 1973 oil embargo 11 Nov 1973 told Kissinger on 11 November that something might be done to ease it Primary record 1
- Tehran price decision of December 1973 26 Dec 1973 told a U.S. official that Saudi Arabia had opposed the rise Primary record 2
Timeline 3 dates
- 1930–2021 Ahmed Zaki Yamani
- 11 Nov 1973 Ahmed Zaki Yamani intervened in 1973 oil embargo
- 26 Dec 1973 Ahmed Zaki Yamani intervened in Tehran price decision of December 1973
Proof 2 sources
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Message From Saudi Minister of Petroleum Yamani to Secretary of State Kissinger, Jidda, 11 November 1973 (FRUS 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, doc. 239), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 11 Nov 1973.
Primary record
The oil picture is not as dim as I had previously indicated.
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Telegram From the Embassy in Iran to the Department of State, Tehran, 26 December 1973 (FRUS 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, doc. 271), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 26 Dec 1973.
Primary record
Saudi Arabia had “strongly opposed” the price increase at the Tehran meeting
Page history 1 change
- Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum Reserveb19881d
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