Wanda Jablonski (23 August 1920, in Czechoslovakia – 28 January 1992, in New York City) was an American journalist who covered the global petroleum industry.
[4] She is credited with arranging the 1959 Cairo meeting where Abdullah Tariki, Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso, and other oil ministers of Middle East signed the "Gentleman's Agreement," or Mehdi Pact (Maadi Pact - after the yacht club in Maadi[5][6]) a precursor of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the international organization whose mission is to coordinate the policies of the oil-producing countries.
[2][7] In 1960, Jablonski reported to oil company executives that there was a marked hostility toward the West and a growing outcry against "absentee landlordism" in the Middle East.
[8] "From offices in London, New York, and Pittsburgh, top executives of oil companies were controlling destinies of Middle East oil-producing states.
"[8]: 503 Ignoring her warning, in August 1960, the major oil companies unilaterally reduced the prices that were used to calculate how much revenue the producing countries received.