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Questionnaire by the Future Planning Section. Note by the Secretary

1 Jan 1942

(e) The repair of refineries will take considerably longer than the drilling of new wells and, apart from some 500,000 tons of crude oil of a type which can be used as fuel oil without refining, the bulk of the new production will require to be shipped to Japan for refining there and for eventual redistribution to consuming areas. Present Japanese surplus refining capacity does not exceed 3,000,000 tons and although the rate of withdrawal from stocks will decrease, it is unlikely that Japan will be in a position to meet requirements without drawing on her reserves until the latter half of 1943.
thailand singapore china japan germany malaya indochina industry shipping burma transportation siam oil korea second world war formosa military intelligence economic warfare joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff ministry of economic warfare war materials thomas haddon pacific war japanese war effort
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Burma China Formosa Germany Indochina Japan Korea Malaya Siam Singapore Thailand
Document Reference
CAB 81/106/69
Document Types
Report Correspondence
File Reference
CAB 81/106
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0106.069
Keywords
Pacific War Japanese War Effort Industry Oil Shipping War Materials Economic Warfare Transportation
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Economic Warfare
Pages
16
Persons Discussed
Thomas Haddon
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. January - March 1942. Papers Numbers. JIC 1-75. Volume XVI
Themes
Military Intelligence

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