Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East: China, Volume IX

893.6363/12–249

Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. Richard E. Johnson of the Office of Chinese Affairs

[Washington,] December 2, 1949.

Mr. Seitz⁶⁶ made the following information regarding petroleum shipments to Communist China available to the Department:

Tankers which have departed Constanza, probably destined for Dairen:

Name	Nationality	Cargo
Cape Maersk	Danish	8000	Tons Kerosene
Beauregard	Norwegian	4800	Tons Kerosene
		7751	Tons Mogas
Kettleman Hills	American	13,000	Tons Mogas
St. Christopher	American	100,000	Bbls. Kerosene (7 Bbl/Ton)
Not available	Russian	10,000	Tons Mogas (probable)
Arnica	Norwegian	7500	Tons “white products” (kerosene and/or mogas) (scheduled for August loading, no information re departure).

In addition, 3900 Tons (130 30 Ton tank cars) of motor gasoline and kerosene arrived in Dairen, probably from refineries at Sakhalin, destined for transshipment by rail to Mukden and Tientsin.

Purchase arrangements have been completed covering $10,000 Tons of “furnace oil” (light gasoline), to be shipped from the “Trinidad Leasehold” in the Caribbean, although shipping arrangements have not as yet been made.

66. Representing the Standard-Vacuum Oil Co.