Singapore, Sept. 13. anese-owned "Singapore declared that Japan should seek vital supplies of oil from Far Eastern sources, and stated that "the oil from vast wells in the Netherlands East Indies is one of Japan's chief needs."
Commenting on the visit to the Netherlands East Indies of a special Japanese trade the newspaper said that Europe em-d in war and the United States raw material for the European War, Japan must turn elsewhere for vital supplies.
malaya already supplies Japan with much rubber and tin, but Japan is also largely dependent on the Nether lands East Indies for additional requirements,"—United Press British Convoy Escapes Extension of Embargo
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