Catalogue description Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda

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Reference: CAB 50
Title: Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda
Description:

This series consists of the minutes and memoranda of the Oil Board and of its various sub-committees.

Topics covered by the Oil Board and by the Oil Board's sub-committees include civil and military requirements for oil, oil requirements in time of war, tanker tonnage and oil stocks, oil from coal and the treatment of coal.

Date: 1925-1939
Arrangement:

Chronological

Related material:

A few records of the Oil Board and papers of the Oil Control Board, can be found in CAB 77

Records of the Oil Board and papers of the Oil Control Board, can also be found POWE 34

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: OB, OBS, TC(OB) and OCC file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Board, 1925-1939

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Oil from Coal Sub-Committee, 1937-1938

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Oil requirements in war Sub-Committee, 1937-1938

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Petroleum Products Reserves Sub-Committee, 1936-1939

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Treatment of Coal Sub-Committee, 1929-1930

Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Control Board, Welbeck Aviation Spirit Sub-Committee, 1933-1933

Physical description: 19 volume(s)
Access conditions: Available in digital format unless otherwise stated
Accumulation dates: 1925-1939
Accruals: No future accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

The Oil Board (OB), appointed in 1925, kept under review requirements for oil in relation to supplies. The chairman of the Oil Board was the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, reflecting the naval interest in supply.

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