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COPY OF TELEGRAM.
Prom Secretary of State to Director-
General of Information, Home Department,
Government of India, Ho. M 0 3435, dated
19th December, 1939*
Addressed by Secretary of State for India
to Government of India and repeated to
H.Mo 3 s Minister at Kabul and Governor of
Burma, Defence Depertment, No 0 596, and by
Government of India, to Katmandu* Copies
air-mailed to Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf and Political Agent, Bail rain.
Poliowing from Ministry of Information for publicity.
Begins* According reliable estimates German wartime
consumption petrol not lessen 12 million tons per year
stop Figure probably higher for very active offensive
warfare stop This consumptiion is to be compared with
supplies available namely (a) possible stocks imported
petroleum at outbreak war maximum 7 million tons (b)
home production oil and other liquid fuel output now
3-g- million tons and maximum estimated output for 1941 5*2
million tons stop In other words existing stocks plus
home production unlikely last moren one year stop
Further supplies must therefore be imported stop 90$
foreign sources 1938 being cut off by blockade there
remains principally Roumania which only sent Germany
450,000 tons 1938 and Russia whose total worldwide
exports 1938 were lessen one million stop Total output
Roumanian wells only 6.6 million 1938 and doubt
expressed regarding accessability by known methods of
moren 20 $ of most Roumanian deposits stop As for
Russia total output 1938 was 50 million tons expected
increase 48 million tons by 1942 but internal demand
considered likely increase in almost equal proportions*
finds.
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