Venezuelan oil export was to be reduced due to convoy-system according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 24 February 1942

An item reported that the Venezuelan oil export was to be reduced about 40% due to conveying shallow-draught tankers to Aruba and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942