U.S. PETROL STORAGE IN AUSTRALIA
COMMENT BY JAPAN PART OF “ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN” (Recd. 6.40 p.m.) Tokio, Aug. 9. The San Francisco correspondent of the newspaper Miyako said to-day that the United States is storing large quantities ot oil in Australia for American warships, as part of the British United States plan to encircle Japan. The newspaper proceeded to givedetails of alleged sailings of six American tankers on August 4, and claimed that the storage of American oil reserves in Australia is significant.— U.P.A.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 187, 11 August 1941, Page 5
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