Foreign Minister Abba Eban told the Knesset Tuesday that he had been frequently approached by European diplomats and newsmen in Geneva with questions about the energy crisis. He said he referred them all to the book of Maccabees where the story is told of how depleted oil stocks were made to go a long way.
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