January 15, 1981

Iran appears to have restored its exports of crude oil to levels equaling, or perhaps even exceeding, those that prevailed before the start of its war with Iraq, United States Government and industry sources said today. Much of this oil is coming through the country's principal oilloading port of Kharg Island, which had been reported to have suffered war damage in varying degrees. The huge refinery at Abadan, about 135 miles northwest of Kharg Island at the head of the Persian Gulf, has been A private-sector approach to financing oil purchases for the onebillion-barrel strategic petroleum reserve is being studied by Reagan administration strategists. Page D17. hit and largely shut down but its main function was to produce petroleum products for domestic use.

President Carter said farewell to the nation tonight in an address from the Oval Office in which he called on Americans to continue the struggle to avoid nuclear war, protect the environment and enhance human rights. Stressing themes that were central to his Presidency, Mr. Carter also cautioned against the intrusion of ''single-issue groups and special-interest organizations'' in the American political process, warning that ''the national interest is not always the sum of all our single and special interests.'' In a departure from his prepared text, which had made no mention of the American hostages in Iran, Mr. Carter said he hoped and prayed that they would soon be released but said he could not predict when. Other than that, in his 15-minute speech the President did not mention such issues as the hostage crisis and the economy that contributed to his defeat by Ronald Reagan last November. In many ways the address was reminiscent of the ideas and ideals Mr. Carter espoused in his campaign for the Presidency four years ago.

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President-elect Ronald Reagan will carry out a campaign pledge to accelerate decontrol of domestic crude oil prices with an executive order ''early'' in his administration, his chief domestic policy adviser said today. Congressional specialists have estimated that decontrolling those prices Feb. 1, rather than allowing phased decontrol to continue through Sept. 30, would net the Government about $2 billion in additional revenue in 1981 from the tax on ''windfall'' oil profits passed under President Carter. But because most of the oil still under controls is scheduled for purchase by the Federal Government for the strategic oil reserve and by small refineries, the specialists said, a speedup of decontrol would have little impact on gasoline or heating oil prices for consumers. Welfare Shift Planned Martin Anderson, Mr. Reagan's domestic issues adviser in the Presidential campaign and now prospective chief of policy development for the Reagan White House, asserted that Mr. Reagan stood by his long-declared plan ''to deregulate the energy market'' and would begin moving in that direction early in his term.

The Chrysler Loan Guarantee Board gave conditional approval tonight for $400 million in loan guarantees for the ailing auto maker. But the board insisted that there be major concessions from the United Automobile Workers, the company's lenders and its suppliers. Lee A. Iacocca, Chrysler's chairman, called the board's action on a revised survival plan a ''super deal'' that could bring as much as $2 billion in relief to his company, the nation's third-largest car manufacturer. Formal approval of the loan guarantees by Friday depends on Chrysler's submitting a plan calling for these concessions: - The U.A.W. would agree to forgo current and future cost-ofliving adjustments and wage increases that would save $622 million from union members, and $783 million if the nonunion Chrysler workers are included, by September 1982, when the present contract expires.