OIL SCANDAL
TIIE 1921 WAR SCARE PEARL HARBOUR AND ELK HILLS CONTRACTS Washington, December 0. Seeking to minimise the war scare used to support the defence in the trial of A. B Fall and E L. Dohenv on n charge of conspiracy, Mr Owen Roberts, Government _ counsel, cross-examining Admiral Robison, extracted an, admission that durine negotiation of th? Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) and Elk Hills contracts the Washington Arms Conference was signing its Eimitation Pact and drawing up a Pacific peace accord. Admiral Robison also admitted that the Pearl Harbour tanks, which Dohenv was to ' construct for "patriotic reasons." could not have been completed before 1f)24. It also transpired that Dohenv was the onlv citizen asked to make a bid. The Secretary of the Naw, Mr Curtis D. Wilbur, is expected to testifyshortly.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 63, 8 December 1926, Page 11
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132OIL SCANDAL Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 63, 8 December 1926, Page 11
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