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...Government, turned over to the National Petroleum Administration some 100,000 acres subleased by Standard Oil Co. of California, 250,000 acres leased by the Richmond Petroleum Co. of Mexico, Standard Oil Co. of California subsidiary, and 500,000 acres leased to the French-financed Compania Agricola y Colonizadora de Tabasco. Nationalization of oil lands not under lease has been proceeding apace for some months but last week's seizure was the first to hit lands already under private contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Squeeze | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

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