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FDR: Present drilled reserves are estimated to be capable of supplying demand only until November, 1941.

On the recordFebruary 2, 1938
Present drilled reserves are estimated to be capable of supplying demand only until November, 1941.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Memorandum on Petroleum Reserves

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