811.20 (D) Regulations/3066

Memorandum by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Controls (Price) to the Administrator of Export Control (Maxwell)

The Administrator of Export Control: With reference to your telephoned inquiry to the Division of Controls on Friday June 20, no applications for licenses to export petroleum products to Japan, Japanese-occupied China, or Thailand, have been acted upon by the Division of Control since April 8, 1941. The tabulation set forth below represents the applications which have been received during the period April 8 to date and action upon which has been withheld pending the determination of certain questions of foreign policy.

Japan (37 applications)

Crude Oil 90,000 tons $931,772
Lubricating Oil 4,232,485 gals. 827,962
Gasoline 93,210,000 6,834,000

China (26 applications)

Lubricating Oil 694,183 gals. $929,566
Lubricating Grease 8,000 lbs. 227
Gasoline 52,275,000 gals. 2,278,850

Thailand (6 applications)

Lubricating Oil 176,988 gals. 60,771
Kerosene 3,000,000 135,000

No applications for licenses to export articles and materials to Japan, Japanese-occupied China, or Thailand, other than those referred to above are being held without action in the Division of Controls. Such applications as have been received during the passed three months, for license to export machine tools to Japan have been rejected in accordance with applicable directives issued by you. However, according to the records of the Division of Controls several applications of this latter character are now pending in your office. A summary of these applications is attached.80

Leonard H. Price
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