Harry F. Sinclair, head of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Co., is now in Moscow with ex-Secretary of the tJ. S. Department of the Interior Albert B. Fall, to secure an oil concession for his company in Sakhalin.
Sometime ago Mr. Sinclair became interested in the possibilities of petroleum production in Sakhalin, and his representative, Mr. Templeton, has been in Moscow for months without being able to bring the matter to a head with the Soviet authorities. Meanwhile Japan wishes to buy northern Sakhalin for $75,000,000 from Russia, who demands $500,000, 000 for...
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