As that tall bar on the opposite page attests, the biggest oil producer in the world by far is not Saudi Arabia, or even the Persian Gulf nations combined, but the Soviet Union, which is pumping at the rate of 12 million bbl. per day. The U.S.S.R. is at present also the world's largest oil exporter (more than 3 million bbl. per day), and while most of its oil is sold to Eastern Europe and Cuba, more than 1 million bbl. per day go to Western Europe, and that figure is growing.
The Soviets...
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