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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:35 pm Post subject: out of Persia |
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In 1956 petrol rationing had been reintroduced in the UK due to the Suez Crisis. When Egyptian leader General Nasser shut the Suez Canal, Britain's largest oil supplier of the time, Burmah Oil, which operated out of Persia, had to find alternative and much longer routes. _________________ classic car insurance online |
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