Davis County Clipper | 1941-12-26 | Page 2 | Japan's Oil Supply is Vulnerable Item

Japans Japan's Oil Supply Is Vulnerable Item Among other serious considerations considerations considerations Japan had to deal with in be be- beginning beginning beginning ginning its war with the United States was the fact that conflict meant the definite and continued cutting off of two-thirds two of the na na- nations nation's nations nation's na- na nations nation's tion's oil supply For that is the amount of oil that the United States had been supplying to Japan up until shortly before the start of the war Another Mother fourth of ot Japans Japan's supply of this highly important commodity came from thee the Dutch East Indies Only a tenth of ot Japans Japan's normal requirements of ot oil comes from its own fields and from walls V Us In Man- Man and Sakhalin For many years of course Japan busied herself building up large re re- reserves reserves reserves serves of crude and fuel oil for war use uso Though the total amount stored is a military secret it is known to tobe tobe tobe be large Especially large is the supply of crude and fuel oil for forthe fori forthe the navy Gasoline is not as plentiful i ful