V. Uniform management of the petroleum industry.
During the last few months the Wehrmacht has repeatedly emphasized the unavoidable call for a uniform and planned steering of the entire German petroleum industry. The present dangerous situation of the German fuel industry puts this necessity again into the spotlight. The lack of stern guidance in the present moment must lead to severest damages to the public and the defense of the country. The duty of a management according to plans of the petroleum industry must be in the first line to avert the permanent threat to mechanized traffic and the preparedness of the Wehrmacht for action lying in the extensive dependency on forces outside of the German sphere of control.
Enclosure 1 to "memorandum on the supply situation in the field of fuels and its effect on the Wehrmacht" of 9 March 36.
| Mob. requirements | Supply of requirements by production | |||||
| 1936 t/Jahr | 1938 t/Jahr | 1936 % | 1938 % | |||
| Light fuels for car engines | 900 000 | 1 530 000 | 43 | 60.5 | ||
| Light fuels for airplane engines | 460 000 | 600 000 | 39 | 61.5 | ||
| (illegible), Fuel oil | 650 000 | 1 280 000 | 11.6 | 22 | ||
| Heating oil | 800 000 | 1 200 000 | 22 | 30.6 | ||
| Lubricating oil for car engines | 80 000 | 150 000 | 22.5 | 23 | ||
| Lubricating oil for airplane engines | 35 000 | 55 000 | -- | 22 | ||
IIa Needed raw materials 4/28/1936 with consideration of the program for the supply of ammunition, amounting to 200 million marks [Mil. RM.] (for the months of April 1936 to March 1937=12 months)
| Supply needed, submitted to R.Wi.Min. (letter of 1/1336.) | |
| Copper | 5400 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| lead | 2300 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| zinc | 3100 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| Supply needed, considering the 200 Mill-plan. | |
| Copper | 5850 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| lead | 3350 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| zinc | 4020 t/month (without plate VIII) |
| Therefore the additional need amounts to | |
| Copper | 450 t/month |
| lead | 1050 t/month |
| zinc | 920 t/month |
| Raw materials needed by parts of the Armed Forces | ||||||
| (for the months of April 1936 to March 1937) | ||||||
| copper | 4830 | 670 | 175 | 175 | 5850 | |
| lead | 2750 | 280 | 300 | 20 | 3350 | |
| zinc | 2420 | 160 | 260 | 1180 | 4020 | |
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