The author of the article for the first time publishes and introduces into scientific circulation an analytical document prepared in August 1976 by experts of the COMECON Oil Bureau and approved by authorized representatives of socialist countries in the Bureau at their eighth meeting in December 1976, — “Generalized material for preparation of a set of practical measures related to cooperation of COMECON member countries and aimed at guaranteeing long-term oil supplies from the Syrian Arab Republic”. Today this document is held by the Russian State Archive of Economics (as part of the large collection of COMECON materials: RGAE. Fond 561). By analyzing the document, it is possible to reveal the view of the COMECON member countries on the options for expanding their own interaction within the framework of developing economic cooperation with Damascus and the possibilities of ensuring long-term and stable oil supplies from Syria.
Alexandr Glazov (Wed,) studied this question.