This report summarizes the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) and jurisdiction in cases against foreign defendants and analyzes the court of appeals decision. It also discusses legislative efforts to address these issues(S. 1535 and H.R. 3143).

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of the sources saying that the Federal Energy Chief William Simon may have hurt his chances to become Secretary of the Treasury.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Henry Kissinger's Middle East shuttle which is back in business.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Henry Kissinger who has arrived in Jerusalem from Damascus on his latest Middle East peace-making trip.

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Interview with executive of Caltex Petroluem Corporation, Leigh D. Josephson, including his personal experiences related to employment with Standard Oil of California, his assignment to Bahrain and transfer to Caltex, the construction of Ras Tanura refinery in Saudi Arabia, and the bombing of the Bapco refinery in Bahrain. Josephson also talks about refinery operations in Bahrain during and after World War II, his various positions and responsibilities with Caltex and Bapco, work in Bahrain and the Philippines, his personal relationship with the Bahraini royal family, and the OPEC and Arab oil embargoes in 1967.