The Archive · 1928

THE OIL PRICE" WAR IN BURMAH

Attitude of Socony Towards Board of Inquiry Criticized Rangoon, Apr. 2 towday of Bourd, which is holding an in qui into the "price war between the Standard Oil Ca., andthe Royal Dutch-Shell group, the', President, Mr. Ginwala, complained of the paucity of information in the evidence of the Standard Oil Co.'s representative. He said that the Barmah Oil Ca., had agreed to give all the information necessary. He did not feel that the American concern was ce-operating with the Government of India or assisting the Board's i The board were aggrieved company's attitude, especially as they had assured the concern that they would trent matters confidentially, The Board would exercise power to compel the camps to give information—Reuter,

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