Prescient New York Times article about Japan and oil, 1935: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;query.nytimes.com&#x2F;mem&#x2F;archive&#x2F;pdf?res=9F02E1D6123DE53ABC4B53DFB466838E629EDE" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;query.nytimes.com&#x2F;mem&#x2F;archive&#x2F;pdf?res=9F02E1D6123DE53...</a><p>And the US military was busier in China that you might think:
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