Event

End of the embargo, March 1974

The decision of the Arab oil ministers in Vienna on 18 March 1974 to lift the embargo on the United States.

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First Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement According to United States government Primary record 2
The State Department’s history names the prospect of an Israeli-Syrian settlement. The Federal Reserve’s history notes disagreements within OAPEC on how long to go on.

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Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and President Nixon, Washington, 18 March 1974 (FRUS 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, doc. 339), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, 18 Mar 1974. Primary record
the OAPEC meeting in Vienna decided to lift the embargo on the United States
Oil Embargo, 1973–1974 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
the prospect of a negotiated end to hostilities between Israel and Syria proved sufficient to convince the relevant parties to lift the embargo in March 1974

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2026-11-01Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum ReserveAlibekb19881d