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December 3, 1979
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The Department of Commerce has accused the Core Laboratories, Inc. of Dallas of 28 violations of the U.S. anti-boycott laws. The Department said that during 1978, Core supplied a statement to “entities” in Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Bahrain that it had. “no direct or indirect connection whatsoever with Israel.” The Department pointed out that “this is a violation of the prohibition against furnishing information about business relationships with a boycotted country.” It said that Core could be fined up to $280,000 and its authority to export could be suspended or revoked. This is the fourth action against such violators in the last three months.

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