Japan believed she would be able to get oil from the Indies even if United States stopped oil shipmen.s.
If the Indies persists in refudinu io sell oil o Japan the. Ni will be in a situation which they might decide calls for direct action. Tha Japanese say ihat they have enough oil to supply their nation's need for a full year under war-time conditions—and fhex mean a wan against a firs: rate power. That statement is debatable. But even if they had a year's supply Lhe Japanese would not be content to see it eaten in.o without replacements and the urgent need for oil will be largely responsible for whatever policy they decide to follow:
Some Japanese leaders felt hat the move into French Indo-China. with possible increases in their trade concessions from Thailand. might ease Japan along with fs need for oil. rubber and tin. Oil from Indo-China and Thailand. however. would pot be sufficient to make up for the quantics Japan has teen shipping from the Indies.
On the other hand, the Indies authorities might work out some permit system the Japan-might be ing Japan from fighting for it.
Japan's attitude toward the oil curtailment, naturally, cannot. ' be determined until "he full policy has been unfolded.
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