' PARIS (AP) — European

. energy ministers accused
., the United States on Monday

_ of guazling the world’s oll re-
‘sourced and warned of.

;;Berious economic con-
~ sequences if oil shortages

| *persist.

. U.S. Energy. Secretary:
_ dames Schlesinger told.

accusers at a- meeting of
ministers from 20 industrial

~~ countries that they will have
. tobe patient until his country

resolves the debate as to
“whether there-is a real
problem with regard to oil.”

The ministers met ag
members of the In-
ternational Energy Agency,
an organization intended as
a sort of Western coun-
terweight to the Organ-
ization of Petroleum Ex-
porting Countries. The U.S;
and Canada are members of

’ the organization:

In a speech. released

, : outside the closed session,
. Guido Brunner, energy
- commissioner of the

‘ economy as a whole nor the

_ but stopped short Monday of

| that Tran recognizes a differ-

’ did not prevent the Iranian

__ ‘to delay sending its new
“:' ambassador“ to: Tehran; =

“alleged Senate indifference

-Israel and for public

sald, “What surprised us ig

European, Economic Com-
munily, charged that Ameri-
cans are consuming twice as
much oil per person as Eu-
ropeans. :
-“Neither the world

revolutionary government
has reacted swiftly and
angrily ta U.S. criticism of
its Islamic justice system,

letting the conflict become a
full-blown crisis.

Foreign Minister Ibrahim
Yazdi told a news conference

ence between Thursday's

U.S. Senate resolution that™

at the present magnitude.”
Brunner said. i.
Schlesinger replied) that

while the oil squeeze “seems”

to be gelf-evident to mem-
bers of the IZA andto
it Is not selfevident
people of my country, nor to
the Congreaa.”

The rovolution which
greatly affected Iranian oil
supplies to the world had
brought forward “‘the day of
reckoning, tightened the oil
markets and created .a
positiot In which| our
logistical systems
stretched taut,” Schl
said, ;

“While there is a grept de-
bate in the United States
whether the oll shortages are
real or whether they ; were
contrived hy: some
mysterious force, I ‘
that the message is getting
through to the American

people.” ; .
He said U.S. consumption
this year has been F‘sub-
stantially below last year's
level. . . |
The IEA ministers,|in a

‘strategy session on pdlicies

for dealing with oil supplies

think

Europe claims US.
 . guzzies oil ry serves _

‘system will be in a position to
sustain American oi] Imports.

economic crisis if oil shor-
tages continue unabated.

The bleak picture was

dramatized when Sweden,
whose economy. was until
recently one of the strongest
in the world, asked for

EC, , emergency aid from other :
the participating countries to © ..-'-

make up a 17-per-cent
shorfall in oi] supplies.
Organization members are
pledged in a contingency

,plan to provide each other

with emergency supplies.
The current meeting is in-

tended as a follow-up to an - %

October session in which

are members were asked to cut
inger

their imports. But Briinner
sald efforts to reduce im-
ports had failed so far
“because the United States
was not in a position to act
accordingly.”

Brunner's denunciation
contradicted recent figures
that show the rate of U.S.

‘consumption Increased less

in 1978 than that of France,
Italy and Britain. -
Brunner said the oil
market will remain tight as
long as’ crisis-torn Iran's
‘preduction is down one-third,
“Things won't change and
scarcity might be with us for

and prices, heard “pone a Iong time.”

these killings.” ©

The 79-year-old Ir nian

revolutionary and religious
leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah

Khomeini, delivered a
blistering attack on the
Senate resolution ‘on state.

newspapers Monday
proclaimed the darkest era

Iran angry at U.S.
over new cri

- . TEHRAN (AP) — Iran's -

icisms

in U.S.-Iranian relations

since the revolution toppled
proAmerican ‘Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's
monarchy in February.
The-Mojahedeen guerrilla
group, a heavily-armed
political and military body,
has declared Friday a day of
anti-American protests.

BA aT ag eet on a i re staan coe, She a:

—,,

-the new ambassador and

condemned Iranian
execiltions and the over-all
U.S. government policy on

‘an.
That realization, however,

foreign ministry from asking
the United States on Sunday

signalling a formal pratest of
the Senate criticism.

The U.S, state department
was concillatory Monday as
spokesman Kenneth Brown
appealed for Iran to accept

said: .

: “We believe we should put
the past behind us. We
support the revolution’s
abjectlves of freedom,
justice and democratic in-
stitutions for the Iranian
people. They will not be easy
to achieve but we wish the
hew government well."

President Carter an-
nounced April 24 that he
planned to send Walter
Cutler, former U.S. am-
bassador to Zaire, to Tehran
as a replacement for Am-
bassador Willlam Sullivan,
who was called home April 4
for what were officially
described as “con-
sultations.” Sullivan had a
close working relationship
with the deposed shah.

The Senate resolution, in-
troduced by Senator Jacob
Javils (Rep. N.Y.) shocked
Tran. . Splashed by

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In Washington, Senate
leaders defended the
resolution, with Democratic
Leader Robert Byrd of West
Virginia saying: “] am glad
Iran has taken notice of the —
Senate action." ‘

Yazdi warned that the
future of U.S.-Iranian
relations is in American
hands and réminded
Washington of a com-
mitment by State Secretary
Cyrus Vance to friendly
relatlons between the
countries. .

Yazdi said it is only
natural that criminals of the
old Iranian regime should be VISA
punished now,

Revolutionary courts have |
executed 213 people since
February.

“A revolution hag taken
place in our country,” he

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