Raw materials needed by the armed forces during the years 1935 and 1936
| Raw materials | need 1936 | t/month 1935 |
| Iron and steel | ||
| Iron ore Fe | 130,000 | 80,000 |
| Manganese ore Mn | 7,000 | 4,000 |
| Chromium 0,5 C | 220 | 88 |
| 0,5 C | 160 | 86 |
| Wolfram | 80 | 15 |
| Molybdenum | 40 | 8 |
| Vanadium | 3 | 1 |
| Tantalum | 2 | 0.5 |
| Silicon | 400 | 250 |
| Non-iron metals | ||
| Copper | 7,5001) | 4,670 |
| Lead | 6,5002) | 3,520 |
| Nickel | 275 | 174 |
| Tin | 150 | 89 |
| Zinc | 3,1003) | 1,830 |
| Aluminum | 2,720 | 1,900 |
| Antimone | 55 | 25 |
| Cadmium | 10 | 0.62 |
| Mercury | 20 | 12 |
| Cobalt | 10 | 3 |
| Leather goods (economy) | ||
| skins and pelts | 1 300 | 1 400 |
| natural tanning matter | 800 | 860 |
| Wood | ||
| special foreign timber | 170 | 150 |
| Grain, fodder and further agricultural products | ||
| linseed | 1 500 | 1 900 |
| Coal and Salt | ||
| oil coke and Pitch coke—of these 1500 t/month to produce the aluminum needed by the armed forces. | 1 700 | 1 300 |
| Various goods | ||
| diamonds, amounting to a value of | RM. 15 000 /month | 11 000RM |
| cane | 200 | 160 |
| mica | 18 | 15 |
| magnesite | 1 200 | 1 000 |
| Rubber and asbestos | ||
| rubber | 280 | 150 |
| asbestos [spinasbest] | 100 | 70 |
| Fat for industrial purposes | ||
| glycerine | 165 | 120 |
| Petroleum oils | ||
| gas for plane engines | 7 000 | 4 000 |
| light fuel f. motor vehicles | 3 000 | 1 500 |
| lubrication oil f. plane engines | 700 | 200 |
| lubrication oil f. motor vehicles | 500 | 150 |
| gas-oil, (diesel) | 7 500 | 1 200 |
| heating oil | 15 000 | 6 000 |
Note: 1. for cables 2100 t/months; starting on 1 Apr. 36 possibly only 6000 t/month, including 2100 t/ for cables;
Note: 2. for cables 4200 t/months; starting 1 Apr. 36 7800 t/months which means 5500 t/month for cables;
Note: 3. from this amount: sheet-zinc in the limits of the quota of the association of zinc-rolling-mills 340 t/month; starting 1 Apr. 36 possibly only 2700 t/month including sheet-zinc.
| Situation re fuel | ||||||||||||
| Fuel for motorized vehicles | Fuel for airplanes | Gas-Oil Diesel | ||||||||||
| Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | |||||||
| Total need of armed forces and economy t/year | 1,000,000 | 1,650,000 | 80,000 | 600,000 | 800,000 | 1,300,000 | ||||||
| Production in entire Reich-territory t/year | 900,000 | 80,000 | 280,000 | |||||||||
| Missing quantity t/year | 1,100,000 | 750,000 | —— | 520,000 | 520,000 | 1,020,000 | ||||||
| New planning | 700,000 | 300,000 | 200,000 | |||||||||
| Heating fuel | Oil for motor vehicles | Oil for airplane engines | ||||||||||
| Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | Peace 36 | Case of mobil. 38 | |||||||
| Total need of armed forces and economy t/year | 500,000 | 1,200,000 | 75,000 | 150,000 | 5,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
| Production in entire Reich-territory t/year | 270,000 | 20,000 | —— | |||||||||
| Missing quantity t/year | 230,000 | 930,000 | 55,000 | 130,000 | 5,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
| New planning | ? | 20,000 | 15,000 | |||||||||
Copy
Berlin, 15 May 1936
Prime minister General Goering
Raw material and Foreign exchange staff
Top Secret
To the Reichminister of war Generaldfeldmarschall von Blomberg
Enclosed, a record of the conference of the council of ministers of 12 May 1936 in the afternoon is forwarded.
By order
/s/ Loeb
Lt. Col. in the General Staff