Japan sending whale oil towards Germany according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 14 March 1942

An item reported that the loading of 30,000 tons whale oil in Japan was the first evidence of material being consigned for blockade-running to Germany.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 94 dated 14 March 1942.