Interview with Jack Price, an executive at the Caltex Petroleum Corporation, discussing his on-the-job training with Texaco, his assignment to China as terminal superintendent, the prewar China market, competition with Shell and Standard Vacuum, his transfer to Ceylon, terminal expansion in Ceylon, development of the Ceylon market, his transfer to Caltex (India), comments about William Pinckard, training of local nationals, development of the Calcutta terminal, Caltex (India) during World War II, living standards for overseas Caltex employees, assignment to Aden in 1945 for the development of bunkering facilities, transfer to India in 1947 as terminal superintendent and assistant general manager of Caltex (India), relations with Nehru and the Indian government, the partition of India and Pakistan, postwar marketing strategies in India, relations between Caltex (India) and New York headquarters, transfer to South Africa in 1949 to reorganize the Operations Department, Caltex operations in South Africa, apartheid and Caltex, his transfer to India in 1952 as general manager of Caltex (India), building of the Caltex refinery at Vishakhapatnam, labor relations, transfer to Australia in 1962 as shareholders representative, the Kurnell refinery, his appointment as regional director for Southern Africa in 1963, the formation of Caltex East and Caltex West - the background and results, refinery construction in Africa, enlargement of the Cape Town refinery, and the return of Caltex European operations to Texaco and Socal in 1967.
