JAPAN: Time in Flight

Only Japan's High Command knows how large is her reserve of oil. But all the world knows that Japan's reserve of time is growing short. Japan has been under oil blockade for two months, and before her oil is gone she must move or renounce her imperialist ambitions.

Another time limit weighs upon Tokyo. It is set by U.S. aid to China, trickling now, rising steadily, destined to rise & rise. Before that stream of aid becomes a torrent the Japanese must crush Chiang Kai-shek's armies or face defeat.

Only one nation has the power to alter these time limits for...

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