PREPARED TO ACT
DUTCH EAST INDIES
DESTRUCTION OF OILFIELDS
IF ATTACK COMES
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)
(Received August 15, 1 p.m.) BATAVIA, August 14.
Women and children and men who are not essential have been withdrawn from potential danger spots in the oilfields because of preparations to blow up wells and refineries in the event of attack.
The Chief of Staff of the Army informed the Legislature that the Government would not hesitate to destroy harbour works, oilfields, and stocks in the event of an emergency.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 40, 15 August 1940, Page 12
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