JAP. OIL CONTRACT
WITH SOVIET SYNDICATE. NOW INDEPENDENT OF U.S.A. (United Press Association—By Electru Telegraph—Copy right.) BERLIN, September 19. Japan will mow make the Japanese navy independent of United States supplies of oil by means of a big petroleum contract which she i.s concluding With the Soviet naptha syndicate. \ There is growing tension as the re■sillt of Japan’s action at Shanghai and in Manchruia, and this tension has increased Japan’s desire to substitute' Soviet oil for American oil. • Rusfeia has been highly suspicious of Japan*! intentions in Manchuria, but Japan’s recent big purchase of Russian oil supplies has eased the RussoJapanese situation. There is a - deputation of Japanese business men visiting Moscow to complete: the oil contract. !
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1932, Page 6
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117JAP. OIL CONTRACT Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1932, Page 6
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