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OH 0659

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSMITH, Leslie A. (b. 1909)
ProfessionsExecutive
EmployersCaltex Petroleum Corporation

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 0659
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionExecutive, Caltex Petroleum Corporation. Educational background; banking business in London; employment with Caltex and assignment with Bapco on Bahrain, 1937; Bahraini royal family; Bapco policies; World War II; post-World War II developments on Bahrain; assignment to Caltex (New York), 1957; Caltex reorganization, 1957; Caltex West Fiscal; OPEC and Third World; reentry of Socal and Texaco into European market, 1967.
Interviewer(s)Ronald E. Marcello
Physical Description94 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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Subjects

Military Posts

Time Periods

Years