Painter 2012, pp.  26: "The United States cut off oil exports to Japan in the summer of 1941, forcing Japanese leaders to choose between going to war to seize the oil fields of the Netherlands East Indies or giving in to U.S. pressure."
Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack. ^ Painter 2012, pp.  26: "The United States cut off oil exports to Japan in the summer of 1941, forcing Japanese leaders to choose between going to war to seize the oil fields of the Netherlands East Indies or giving in to U.S. pressure." -- „Statele Unite au întrerupt exporturile de petrol către Japonia în vara lui 1941, obligându-i pe liderii japonezi să aleagă între a trece la război pentru a-și asigura câmpurile petrolifere din Indiile Olandeze de Est și a ceda sub presiunile americane”.