The World - News from April 6, 1986
Vice President George Bush defended the interests of U.S. oil producers in a meeting in Riyadh with Saudi Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, in which the two discussed the recent Saudi-induced plunge in world oil prices. Marlin Fitzwater, a spokesman for the vice president, said Bush “described our desire to ensure a strong domestic oil industry as part of fundamental national security interest.”
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