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So one interesting thing was the

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Secretary of defense decided he would

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meet with all the major oil companies

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at the time . There was six or 7 of

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them and I got to attend that meeting

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behind closed doors . But what he was

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trying to do was convince them to bit

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more been more on our contract so that

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we wouldn't have as much trouble

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meeting our demand . I had really only

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started working for defense field

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supply center and I was the deputy of

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bulk fuels but I was military .

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So they asked that to military go

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and so the two of us did , were we in

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the same room ? No , we were behind

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a door where we could hear what was

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going on . But honestly , um

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the Secretary of Defense really just

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made a case for them for the oil

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companies to produce more . Do I think

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it really did any good ? I really don't

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think so . I think the market just

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corrected itself after about eight

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months and crude oil production came

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back up now , crude oil prices

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increased significantly . Um So

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but that's how I ended up going to that

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meeting . Not as somebody is

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significant really just person behind

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the door , but I did understand why we

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needed the fuel . Yeah .