Concept
Project Independence
The goal announced by President Nixon on 7 November 1973 of meeting U.S. energy needs from U.S. resources by 1980.
- Dates
- 7 Nov 1973
- Wikidata
- Q3407122
Connections 2
developed by
- Richard Nixon 7 Nov 1973 Primary record 1
followed from
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1973 oil embargo
According to United States government
Primary record
2
In the State Department’s words, partly in response.
Timeline 2 dates
- 7 Nov 1973 Project Independence
- 7 Nov 1973 Richard Nixon developed Project Independence
Proof 2 sources
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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 unveiled Project Independence, a domestic response to the energy crisis that he compared to the Manhattan Project and the space program.
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Oil Embargo, 1973–1974 (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian.
Primary record
Partly in response to these developments, on November 7 the Nixon administration announced Project Independence
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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