Pressure deflected: Japan and the 1973 Arab oil embargo

Thesis/Dissertation · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5617350

Burridge, J M

Japanese policy toward the Arab states for the five years before the embargo are compared with the five years that followed. Significant events from October 1973 through the February 1974 Washington Conference are described on a virtually daily basis. The study concludes that the late 1973 oil-supply reduction did not result in significantly greater Japanese political support or economic assistance in the 1974-1978 period. Japan did not even carry the only specific commitment in the November 22 statement - that it would reconsider relations with Israel if that country didn't withdraw from the occupied Arab territories. Many factors contributed to this failure - American counter-pressure, Arab disunity, and a worldwide drop in oil demand. In terms of political demands, neither OAPEC nor any individual Arab state ever articulated any specific actions Japan was to take. Finally, the supply of oil was rapidly depoliticized after 1974.

• Research Organization: George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5617350
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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