Which statement reflects U. S. concerns regarding the Middle East in the 1970s?
a. U.S. leaders worked to bring peace to countries at war with each other to improve its image in the world.
b. U.S. leaders worked to improve relations with foreign countries to protect its access to natural resources.
c. U.S. leaders encouraged the creation of OPEC in order to control the flow of natural resources to the world.
d. U.S. leaders encouraged OPEC to create the embargo in order to force other countries to accept peace terms.

b.U.S. leaders worked to improve relations with foreign countries to protect its access to natural resources.

Explanation:

a.U.S. leaders worked to bring peace to countries at war with each other to improve its image in the world.

This option appears wrong because image building can not become the objective of a country.

Option C and D too are wrong because OPEC is formed by the oil countries themselves . So option C is wrong.

Once Opec sanctioned embargo against US to stop oil supply when US supplied arms to Isreal . So option D is wrong.

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