In a letter, BPM representative P. Jansen told the Governor that the company had purchased the Asiento plantation and peninsula from the Curaçaosche Handels Maatschappij and requested permission to build a refinery there. The archival record foregrounds corporate property transactions, not the views of nearby residents.
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The strike concerned pay parity between subcontractor and Shell workers.