London, Oct. 22.
The British Government is buying 9 much aviation petrol, as possible from the Dutch East Indies although no measures to interfere with the negotiations between the Japanese: Government and oil companies Dutch territory in the" southern Pacitie have yet been made, tuecord= statement by British' Govern-ireless today.
As Britain is not at war with Japan, it is impossible for her to obstruct commercial transactions in general with the Dutch all companies, the statement declared, Since Japan is sullering from em= Largoes of aviation petrol from the United States and there ly no export of aviation petrol from the British Empire to Japan, the question rather concerns the United States. and. th Netherlands: Kast undue, the statement
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