811.20 (D) Regulations/3948b: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)
457. The White House has issued the following press release:
“It was announced today that the President has directed the Administrator of Export Control to initiate further regulation in respect to the export of petroleum products in the interest of the national defense.
The action will have two immediate effects. It will prohibit the exportation of motor fuels and oils suitable for use in aircraft and of certain raw stocks from which such products are derived to destinations other than the Western Hemisphere, the British Empire and the unoccupied territories of other countries engaged in resisting aggression. It will also limit the exportation of other petroleum products, except to the destinations referred to above, to usual or pre-war quantities and provide for the pro rata issuance of licenses on that basis.”