Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987 Page: 17
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Marcello:
Van Nostrand:going facility, then they have to accept us. Then we've
got our foot in the door." So that was the reason why they
pressured Congress and the administration and everyone else
that they could get to with the fact that this monopoly
with Caltex had gone on long enough. Now they were willing--
and even Exxon was interested--to build refineries on
Okinawa which they maintained would improve the local economy.
Obviously, they had to be a large refinery to be economically
viable, but it was far in excess of what the island could
absorb. So, therefore, this would be an export base for
Southeast Asia and as far north as Korea and down to Indonesia
for the benefit of the Ryukyans.
The civil administrator gave us our eighteeen-month
notice. This was the kind of pressure that couldn't be
ignored. At face value, why, it appeared to be a good idea.
But we knew what Gulf was up to even if they didn't.
How was it that Caltex was able to gain that monopoly as
opposed to one of your competitors?
I should have mentioned that there was a bid proceeding in
MacArthur's headquarters in SCAP in 1949 or 1950, where
all the oil companies interested were invited to table
proposals. Tidewater, the old Getty organization, and
Esso and Mobil, Caltex, and perhaps one other...I think
there were that many people who did propose. Ours was most
attractive to the civil administrator and to SCAP, so they
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Van Nostrand, Stephen E. Oral History Interview with Stephen E. Van Nostrand, April 20, 1987, book, April 20, 1987; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306889/m1/19/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.