The Arab rulers listened intently as one by one they told their stories about how they had managed to restore control by subjugating the numerically superior Indians. When the last dignitary had finished, King Mohammed announced two immediate issues needed to be addressed by the forum. Firstly, they had to achieve a consensus on how they were to proceed with regard to the resumption of oil production and secondly, whether they would invite military assistance from the alliance.
They were all aware of the summit at Camp David and realized that one potential outcome was an alliance decision to take control of the oilfields by force.
Their own efforts to restore production had failed. The fundamental problem was the absence of technical expertise and skilled manpower capable of running the
