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Federal Energy Office

Office in the Executive Office of the President, set up in December 1973 to run the response to the energy shortage.

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Dates
Dec 1973 – 1974
Over time
  1. Active Dec 1973 – 1974
  2. part of United States government Dec 1973 –
  3. people who worked here William E. Simon (Executive Director) 4 Dec 1973 –

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Timeline 4 dates
  1. Dec 1973 – 1974 Federal Energy Office
  2. Dec 1973 – Federal Energy Office part of United States government
  3. 4 Dec 1973 Richard Nixon founded Federal Energy Office
  4. 4 Dec 1973 – William E. Simon worked at Federal Energy Office
Proof 1 source
  1. Editorial Note on President Nixon’s energy addresses of November and December 1973 (FRUS 1969–1976, vol. XXXVI, doc. 237), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    He established, by Executive Order 11748, the Federal Energy Office in anticipation of Congressional action
    Nixon personally assumed chairmanship of the Energy Emergency Action Group (EEAG), and appointed William E. Simon, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, to serve as the Executive Director.
    Nixon asked Congress to create a Federal Energy Administration and, within the Executive Office of the President, a Federal Energy Office to carry out all energy-related functions.
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  1. Add The Oil Weapon: the 1973 oil embargo, from OPEC's founding to the Strategic Petroleum ReserveAlibekb19881d

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