Turn 16. Mar/Apr 1942. End of Turn. Use Oil. USSR.
Stalin has dispatched Molotov to Tokyo to meet with the Japanese foreign affairs minister, Yosuke Matsuoka concerning the Japanese military buildup on the Soviet-Manchuria border. While Stalin is confident that the Soviet-Japanese non-aggression pact currently in place and set to expire on August 31, 1942 will be honored, he's a bit concerned with what the Japanese will do on September 1, 1942. His spy in Tokyo, Richard Sorge is sending his (Stalin's) intelligence officers disturbing reports that the Japanese have designs on precious Soviet resources on the Vladivostok front to include 2 non-oil RPs and 4 oil points stockpiled in Biagovyeshchensk.
In the meantime, Stalin has ordered that his Red Army and Air forces use oil stored at Biagovyeshchensk first before consuming Soviet oil stores elsewhere.
