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Identifier: e_cle_013614
Title: News release from Senator John C. Stennis regarding the role of Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr., in relation to the department's oil policy, April 26, 1974
Description: News release from Senator John C. Stennis regarding the role of Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr., in relation to the department's oil policy, April 26, 1974. Stennis reports that Clements has removed himself from any decision-making and advisory capacity regarding the Naval Petroleum Reserves. Stennis emphasizes that Clements' participation has been reviewed, and that no charges of impropriety have been made.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901-1995
Contributor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, SEDCO, Inc.
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy, Conflict of interests
Time Period: "SecDef, 1972-1976"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012996
Title: Letter from Gill Clements to B. Nabi, July 31, 1980
Description: Letter from Gill Clements to B. Nabi, July 31, 1980. Letter from Ben Gill Clements, President of SEDCO, to B. Nabi, Algerian Minister of Petroleum and President Director General of SONATRACH, regarding the sell of SONATRACH's interest in ALFOR. The letter references a February 15, 1980 letter from Gill Clements regarding the dissolution of ALFOR.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, Ben Gill
Contributor: Nabi, Belkacem 1929-
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Société algérienne de forage (ALFOR), Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria)
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_005993
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "$155 million spill suit against SEDCO," September 14, 1979
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined "$155 million spill suit against SEDCO," September 14, 1979
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Oil Spills
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ixtoc I oil spill, SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012965
Title: Handwritten management notes, February 19, 1971
Description: Handwritten management notes, February 19, 1971. Notes are regarding upcoming SEDCO projects.
Page Count: 1
Subject Topic: Offshore oil well drilling
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_013026
Title: Letter from Tom B. Rhodes to Richard H. Lewis, December 30, 1974
Description: Letter from Tom B. Rhodes to Richard H. Lewis, December 30, 1974, regarding the Dillin v. Clements lawsuit. Letter references articles from the Dallas Morning-News and Abilene News-Reporter.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Rhodes, Tom B.
Contributor: Lewis, Richard H.
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Dillin, William
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012960
Title: Memo from Spencer L. Taylor to William P. Clements, July 4, 1970
Description: Memo from Spencer L. Taylor to William P. Clements, July 4, 1970. Memo is regarding a Shell - BP meeting.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Taylor, Spencer L.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Petroleum
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012202
Title: Letter from M. Hasan Chand to William P. Clements, Jr., January 13, 1986
Description: Letter from M. Hasan Chand to William P. Clements, Jr., January 13, 1986. Letter from a SEDCO employee regarding his disappointment in the change in the Employee Benefits Package and Retirement Plan of SEDCO after its merger with Schlumberger. A handwritten note from William P. Clements, Jr. reads, "Let's discuss." Ben Gill Clements replies, "Don't believe this is a fair statement of the benefits Chand has rec'd from Sedco."
Page Count: 1
Creator: Chad, M. Hasan
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Clements, Ben Gill
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Schlumberger Limited
Subject Topic: Retirement
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_013004
Title: Letter from Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. to William P. Clements, Jr., July 20, 1977
Description: Letter from Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. to William P. Clements, Jr., July 20, 1977. Letter from Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. to William P. Clements, Jr. regarding offshore drilling rigs and plans to regain control of a rig in the event of a take-over for ransom or political visibility.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Kidd, Isaac C., Jr.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: United States. Navy, SEDCO, Inc.
Subject Topic: Offshore oil well drilling
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012993
Title: Letter from B. Nabi to Gill Clements, March 9, 1980
Description: Letter to Gill Clements from B. Nabi, March 9, 1980. Letter from B. Nabi, President Director General of Sonatrach, to Gill Clements regarding an earlier letter about the dissolution of ALFOR. A handwritten translation of Nabi's letter is attached.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Nabi, Belkacem 1929-
Contributor: Clements, Ben Gill
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Société algérienne de forage (ALFOR), Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria)
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012987
Title: Minutes of a Meeting Held on February 9, 1980
Description: Minutes of a Meeting Held on February 9, 1980. Meeting minutes regarding payments between Sonatrach, ALFOR, and SEDCO and disagreements over the joint ownership of ALFOR.
Page Count: 19
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Société algérienne de forage (ALFOR), Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria), Dhobb, A., Thorne, Carl F.
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012954
Title: Memo from Spencer L. Taylor to William P. Clements, Jr., June 28 - 29, 1970
Description: Memo from Spencer L. Taylor to William P. Clements, Jr., June 28 - 29, 1970. Memo is regarding Gill Clements recent visit.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Taylor, Spencer L.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Clements, Ben Gill
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_005885
Title: Newsclippings headlined, "Clements says politics cause of suit threat;" "Experts say spill may last years;" and "Studying I&R"
Description: Three newsclippings headlined, "Clements says politics cause of suit threat;" "Experts say spill may last years;" and "Studying I&R," undated from unknown newspapers. "Clements says..." and "Experts say..." clipping discuss the Ixtoc I Oil Spill and "Studying I&R" discusses Clements desire for a special session.
Page Count: 1
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., White, Mark, 1940-, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Oil Spills, Environmental protection
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): Ixtoc I oil spill, Mark White, SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_014417
Title: Letter from David Browning, Secretary and General Counsel of Schlumberger, to William P. Clements, January 18, 1985
Description: Letter from David Browning, Secretary and General Counsel of Schlumberger, to William P. Clements, January 18, 1985. David Browning invites William P. Clements to be the luncheon speaker at a program at the Law School in Austin on April 19. Browning suggests that Clements speak on the participation of Texas companies in international business. Annotations by Clements and his secretary, Janie Harris, show that Clements accepted the invitation. The letter also mentions the recent sale of SEDCO to Schlumberger Limited.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Browning, David S.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Harris, Janie
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Schlumberger Limited, University of Texas. School of Law
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012990
Title: Letter from Carl F. Thorne to A. Dhobb, February 21, 1980
Description: Letter from Carl F. Thorne to A. Dhobb, February 21, 1980. Letter from Carl F. Thorne to A. Dhobb, President and General Manager of ALFOR regarding ALFOR service fees payable to SEDCO.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Thorne, Carl F.
Contributor: Dhobb, A.
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Société algérienne de forage (ALFOR), Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria)
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_013621
Title: Briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions, March 2, 1979
Description: Briefing for Governor William P. Clements, Jr., press conference questions, March 2, 1979, regarding Clements' proposed trip to China, nuclear waste disposal, and renovation on the Governor's Mansion. Two pages of handwritten notes provide details on Texas nuclear projects and other Texas sites with radioactive waste.
Page Count: 3
Subject Topic: Radioactive waste disposal, Nuclear energy, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Press Conference
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO, The Texas Economy, Historic Preservation

Identifier: e_cle_000103
Title: William P. Clements, Jr. Address to the Texas Public Employees Association, September 30, 1978
Description: William P. Clements, Jr. Address to the Texas Public Employees Association, September 30, 1978. Campaign speech to the Texas Public Employees Association in Huntsville, Texas. Clements discusses the problems of bureaucracy and taxation in Texas and proposes to fix these problems once he is governor. Clements also discusses his "Taxpayer's Bill of Rights," a proposition for a constitutional amendment allowing citizens to propose tax laws.
Page Count: 15
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas Public Employees Association, SEDCO, Inc.
Subject Topic: Political campaigns, Property tax, Taxation, Constitutional amendments, Campaign promises, State governments--Officials and employees, State governments, Women's rights
Time Period: "Gubernatorial Campaign, 1977-1978"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012971
Title: Handwritten management notes, April 22 - May 12, 1971
Description: Handwritten management notes, April 22 - May 12, 1971.
Page Count: 37
Subject Topic: Personnel management
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012985
Title: Telex from T.M. Million to Moustapha Boudjenah regarding ALFOR promotions, 1979
Description: Telex from T.M. Million to Moustapha Boudjenah regarding ALFOR promotions, 1979. Telex from the Deputy General Director T.M. Milliom informing Boudjenah that his promotion to drilling is to be disregarded.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Million, T.M.
Contributor: Boudjenah, Mustapha
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Société algérienne de forage (ALFOR), Société nationale de transport et de commercialisation des hydrocarbures (Algeria), Krissat, A., Noui-M'Hidi, Yacine
Subject Topic: Petroleum industry and trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 1, 1979-1982"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

Identifier: e_cle_012224
Title: Handwritten letter from Larry N. Gainer to William P. Clements, Jr., [1986]
Description: Handwritten letter from Larry N. Gainer to William P. Clements, Jr., [1986]. Regarding the upcoming election between William P. Clements, Jr. and Mark White and issues related to oil prices and the oil drilling industry. Larry N. Gainer informs Clements that he and his family will be voting for Clements in the upcoming election and that he used to an employee of SEDCO.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Gainer, Larry N.
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: SEDCO, Inc., Clements, Ben Gill, White, Mark, 1940-, Reagan, Ronald
Subject Topic: Petroleum products--Prices, Election, Governors--Election, Petroleum industry and trade, Petroleum
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO, Mark White, Ronald Reagan

Identifier: e_cle_001100
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined, “Clements quits Schlumberger directorship,” June 19, 1986
Description: Newspaper clipping headlined, “Clements quits Schlumberger directorship,” Houston Chronicle, June 19, 1986, regarding Governor William P. Clements resigning from his Schlumberger directorship position and quoting Clements denying rumors of "predatory pricing" of its services.
Page Count: 1
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Petroleum
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): SEDCO

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