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No. of Individual Capacity Total CapacityType Tanks M 3 Barrels M 3 BarreIsC y l i n d e r s 30 1,500 9,450 45,000 283,500

Each pair of cylinders connect with a raised structure from which short pipelines lead to building, 75 x 110 feet, probably pumphouses at the center of eachcrescent. The cylinders are buried and the raised structures protected on threesides by earth revetments.The installation lies along the Holzhausen-Bad Essen railway line and is provided with several spars and sidings, and possbily an underground loading shelter*The Ems-Weser Canal lies 2-1/2 miles north of the installation and it is possible that there is a pipe line to a loading dock on the canal.

5.8.14 Stassfurt

Location.- Stassfurt, latitude 51 51' N., longitude 11 34' E. , is locatedapproximately 20 miles south of Magdeburg. Storage tanks are located in salt minesnear Stassfurt,User.- W.I.F.0. for Army and possibly Air Force supplies.Description.- Extensive bulk storage tankage is located far underground in thesalt mines. While reports of its.existence appear to be reliable, no exact detailsconcerning this plant are available. Total tankage capacity is reported to beamong the largest in Germany and is tentatively estimated at about 500,000 M3(3,150,000 barnis).

5.8.15 Swinemunde

Location.- At Swinemunde, latitude 53 54' N., longitude 14 16 E., on theBaltic Sea at the entrance to the Stetinner Haff and Oder River.User.- Navy.D esc riptio n.- A large Naval storage center is reported here but de tai ls concern inFTheD Tant are not presently av aila ble . Estimated to ta l capacity is reportedas 1717600 fcP (1,081,080 b a r r e ls ). This pla nt is lis te d under Ste tti n in the "OceanTerminal" se ction on page 263.

5.8.16 Wilhelmshaven

Location - Wilhelmshaven lies on the protected Jade Busen on the North Seacoast":latitude 53 32' N., longitude 8 8' E .

User.- Navy.i D t i o n - Wilhelmshaven i s one of Germany1 s most important Naval bases ande r l e s . The ag gr eg ate bulktankagankage foor Navaaval s t o r a gtorage anndd bunker inunkeringg e x i s txists t h e r ehere.i t i t d a t 2 1 6 6 0 * ( 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 b a r r e ls )apa cU y is estimated at 216,6000 L* (1,364,580 barrels).

The various installations and the port of Wilhelmshaven are described in moredetail under "Ocean Terminals" on page 271 and a location map appears on page ,*;,.


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DISTRIBUTING - 293Interior Bulk Plants5.9 INTERIOR BULK PLANTS

s f a c i l i t i e s? v - are plentiful throughout Germany. The major petroleumdistributing companies own extensive systems of commercial bulk plants and numerousplants owned by local jobbers and distributors are to be found in the more importantT e b u l k 3 t o r a eJ S * ? ? ^ 1 1 X t g capacities of these plants vary between 30,0003 ) 189 0 00 carrels)(or even larger in some of the more important centers), to 30M (189 barrels) in one underground tank, in the smaller places. Layout plans ofseveral representative plants appear on pages 330 to 345 . In view of the importanceof inland waterways in the German transportation system, many of these bulk plantsare located on rivers and canals, and have both rail and water connections.

As mentioned in the preceding section dealing with strategic storage, in addition to the large strategic reserve storage plants of the W.I.F.O., the Army andthe Air Force own a number of secondary bulk plants. During the war they have alsotaken over many commercial bulk plants for military supply and distribution purposes ( a) . The Air Force, particularly, has taken over numerous commercial aviation fuel storage plants and servicing facilities.All localities where bulk oil storage plants, of any kind, are known or reported to exist are listed in the table on pages 310 to 328, The information onstorage plants has been assembled from a variety of sources, some of which are ofuncertain reliability. The parent companies of Rhenania-Ossag and of "Olex" wereable to furnish more or less complete prewar tankage lists which, however, were farfrom up to date, even at the outbreak of the war. Information available from othercompanies owning subsidiaries in Germany was even more incomplete and anti-dated.Prior to the war the oil companies in Germany were given strong encouragement bythe Government to build storage tankage underground, and there appears to be reasonto believe that, at least in some instances, such tankage was installed but not reflected in reports circulating outside of Germany. However, the list referred toabove will provide some indication as to the number and size of bulk plants thatmay be encountered. A map showing all the localities listed appears on page 329L.

5.10 DISTRIBUTING COMPANIES

Although prior to the war a very large number of firms were engaged in the distribution of petroleum products in Germany, approximately 75 per cent of the tradewas in the hands of five companies: Deutscb-Amerikanische Petroleum-Gesellschaft(D.A.P.G.), Rhenania-Ossag, Benzol Verband, "Olex" Deutsche Benzin- und Petroleum-Gesellschaf t m.b.H., and Deutsche Gasolin A.G., in that order. It is also noteworthy that some 50 per cent of the total trade was held by the American controlledDeutsch-AJnerikanisohe Petroleum-Gesellschaft and the British controlled Rhenania-Ossag, and an additional 10 per cent or so was held by other American and Britishcontrolled companies, such as "Olex", Deutsche Vacuum Oel A.G., Maschinenoel-ImportG.m.b.H., Atlantic Refining Company of Germany, G.m.b.H., Hamburg AmerikanischeMineralol G.m.b.H. and others. The remaining 40 per cent (approximate) was dividedamong a large number of independents, smaller subsidiaries, and local distributorsand jobbers. Prominent among these were Allgemeine Gel-Handels G.m.b.H. (Oelhag),Deutsche Petroleums A.G. (Deag), Reichskraftspirit G.m.b.H., and Naphta Industrieand Tankanlagen A.G. (Nitag) . The more important distributors are included in thelist of principal German oil companies on pages 18 to 20 . For additional data,refer to the "Handbuch der Internationalen Petroleum Industrie".Sales figures for 1938 for the principal distributing oompanias appears on

page 29 2.(a) The Germans have a series of secret geographical handbooks, one for each sheetand bearing the same numbers as the G.S.G.S. series 4081 Army maps, entitledMilitar-Geographische Einzelangaben fttr die Trappenfuhrung. These books contain sections on bulk oil storage suitable for Army purposes within the area.For refernce purposes these map sheet numbers are shown on the map on page 329


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294 - DISTRIBUTINGService stations

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296 - DISTRIBUTINGcontrol and rationing

In the years immediately pr ior to the war the o i l companies had already beensubj ec te d to cons iderab le government co nt ro l and through membership in compulsorytrade a ss oci at io ns th ei r normal percentages of the market were, more or l e s s , a l lo t t ed to them. Since the war, both al lo ca ti on s and ra ti on in g are of course comp l e t e , but i t appears tha t fore ign owned o i l companies have continued in opera tionby their German personnel under the supervision of State appointed commissioners.As a general rule the distributing companies owned their own bulk storage

pl an ts , barges, railway tank cars , tank tru cks . Gasoline st at io ns and gasol ineo ut le t s were numerous and of modern de si gn . Ownership as of 1939 was estimated tobe approximately as fo ll ow s:C o m p a n y Gasoline Sta tio ns

DeutschAmerikanische Petroleum-G esell scha ft 17,500Rhenania-Ossag Mineralolwerke A.G. 16,500Benzol-Verband G.m.b.H. 11,000"Olex" Deutsche Benzin- und Petroleum-Ges.m.b.H. 7,000Deutsche Ga soli nA. G. 7,000Naphta Indu st rie und Tankanlagen A.G. (Nitag) 2,000Others 3,000T o t a l 64,000

A feature of German automobile travel before the war, and military trafficsince, is the system of State built super-highways known as Autobahn. Their routesare shown on the,map on page 10 . At the time they were built the State also builtelaborate service stations at frequent intervals. Photographs of typical stationsare given on pages 294 &n^ 295. These service stations were operated by the Reichsautobahn-Kraftstoff-Gesellschaft, organized by the Government for that purpose.Gasoline of standard quality was obtained from the various producers and marketedunbranded under the Government's guaranty of quality.With the advent of substitute fuels at the beginning of the war, provisionswere being made to provide these stations with stocks and dispensing equipment forservicing solid and gaseous substitute-using vehicles, but as further stringenciesdeveloped, this was abandoned and the stations closed. It is possible that some ofthem may have been utilized by the Army.

5.11 GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND RATIONING5.11.1 Official and Semi-Offioial Agencies

The top government agency controlling the German overall war economy is theReichministerium fur Rustings- und Kriegsproduktion (Ministry of Armaments and WarProduction), headed by Dr. Speer, and in which enormous powers were concentrated bythe decree of September 2, 1943, "Concerning Concentration of the War Economy".This ministry is also in close relationship with the Vierjahresplan (Four Year Planoffice, one of the agencies through whioh the Four Year Plan is conducted, underthe direction of Herman Goring. These, and other high governmental agencies, workin close cooperation in the preparation of basic or master plans. The inter-relationship of these agencies is often strengthened by "interlocking directorates".For instance, Dr. Speer also serves as Commissioner General for Armament Tasks andWar Production in the Vierjahresplan (Four Year Plan) office, a position which em-powers him to adapt sectors of German economy not otherwise directly under his oon-trol to the requirements of the war economy. Likewise, Dr. E. R. Fischer, of I. G.Farbenindustrie, is the Reichkomissar fur Mineralol (Reich Commissioner for MineralOil) in the Four year Plan office and also the leader of the Reichsstelle furMineralSl (Reich Board for Mineral Oil).


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ORGANIZATION DIAGRAM OF THE INSTITUTIONS CONTROLLING THE OIL INDUSTRY IN GERMANY

MINISTRY OF ARMAMENTSMINISTRY OF ECONOMICS AND WAR PRODUCTION CENTRAL PLANNINGPLANNING OFFICE

FOUR YEAR PLAN OFFICEREICH BOARD CENTRAL OFFICEFORMINERAL OILReichsstelleFur Mineralol

REGIONAL ECONOMIC OFFICES VARIOUSQUOTAAGENCIES

LOCAL ECONOMIC OFFICES FOUR BEWIRTSCHAFTUNGSTELLENOF THE OIL INDUSTRYControl Administrative Supervision R123

The Zentral Planung (Central Planning Office) under the Four Year Plan is saidto be limited in its functions to basic decisions such as transfer of whole industries, etc* The technical preparation for the work of the Central Planning Officeis done by the Planungsamt (Planning Offices). In these offices plans for both theproduction and distribution of oil are prepared.'Matters pertaining directly to oil are handled at the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Ministry of Economics) by the Abteilung Mineralolwirtschaft (Mineral OilSection) of the Hauptabteilung II (Main Section II). For a breakdown of the internal organization of the Abteilung Minei*al6lwirtschaft, see Appendix 13.The Reichsstelle fur Mineralol (Reich Board for Mineral Oil) with headquartersat Krausenstrasse 22-24, Berlin SW 68, under the Reichswirtschaftsministerium (Ministry of Economics) (a) is, due to its central position between the planning agencies and those which merely execute orders and instructions, the most importantsingle agency in the administration and control of the distributing section of theoil industry. It is, by German law, a juristic person financed by fees levied uponthe firms under its control and headed by the Reichsbeauftragte fur Mineralol

(Reich Commissioner for Mineral Oil) appointed by the Minister of Economics, andwho is advised by a Beirat (council), also appointed by the Minister from representatives of the industrial groups.The Reiohsstelle fur Mineral5l is the key agency controlling the distributionof petroleum products. Once the overall allocation of petroleum products for thedomestic economy for a given period has been set, the Reichsstelle prepares a plan-presumably in consultation with the various interested partiesdividing the allocation among the various claimants, suoh as the chemical industry, the textile industry, motor transportation, household consumption, etc. This plan, after approvalbecomes tha official program for oil distribution for the period to which it refers.

(a) There are a number of Reichsstelle, each for a different industry, and thoughthey are still nominally agencies of the Ministry of Economics, they are infact under the control of Dr. Speer.


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298 - DISTRIBUTING(iroup system

In general, the Reichsstelle ftir Mineralol, assigns to the leading organizationin a given industry (such as another Reichsstelle or a group or a eartel) the taskof dividing the quota for the industry among the member firms (quota agencies).'Likewise, it assigns quotas, for household consumption, to the Regional EconomicOffices leaving the setting of individual rations to those offices. The operationof the system in relation to the rationing of the various products is describedbelow.The orders and regulations concerning the distribution, rationing, use, storing, etc., of the materials within the jurisdiction of the Reichsstelle (see Appendix 12for list of these materials) are either:(1) Anordnungen (orders of a general nature addressed to an unlimited numberof persons, published in the Deutscher Reichsanzeiger);(2) Einzelverordnungen (orders given to individual firms, not published);(3) Anweisungen (directions issued in connection with rationing, etc., toother agencies, not published);(4) Auflagen (impositions: instructions given to individual firms in oonneotion with, and as a condition of, the granting of licenses, not published).For the internal organization and personnel of the Reichsstelle fur Mineralol,see- Appendix 14.Numerous agencies for oil distribution exist under the Reiohsstelle furMineralol. Whereas the planning agenoies and the Reichsstelle fur Mineralol areall governmental agencies, the various organizations through nftiich the Board operatesare partly Government agenoies, and partly business organizations. The Regionaland Local Economic Offices are Government agencies, and, broadly speaking, dealwith allocations to the general public and the issuance of ration cards. The allocations to individual industrialists are established through so-called quota agencies or Kontingentstellen, which vary greatly in organization and character and aremostly business organizations or associations and rarely other Reichsstelle (ReichBoards) . In respect to certain tjrpes of oil, such as lubricants, special and test-benzine, etc., the Reichsstelle fur Mineralol set up four Bewirtschaftungstellento which wide powers were delegated in the distribution of the specific productswithin their jurisdiction. These Bewirtschaftungstellen are also business organizations; one is a trade group, the rest are cartels.Before describing the functions of the quota agencies and the Bewirtschaftungstellen, a brief resume* concerning the groups and oartels from which these agencieswere constituted is given, (a)

SystemThe groups are compulsory trade associations. Every firm must belong to oneor more groups, depending upon the firms' business functions. In many businesslines these groups exercise almost unlimited powers over the individual members,controlling the administration of the business, allocating materials and Governmentand private orders, interfering with personnel matters, etc. The groups are organized on the "fffhrer principle", with a leader at the top and the rest of the personnel subordinated to him. The leaders are appointed by the Government; the restof the personnel by the leader.There are seven Reichsgruppen or Reich groups: Industry, Commerce, Banking,Insurance, Power, Tourist Industry , Handicraft. These seven Reich Groups, togetherwith the six Transportation groups, form the Reich Economic Chamber (Reiohswirtsehaftskammer). The Reich Groups are subdivided into Economic Groups (Wirtschaftsgruppen). There are, for instance, 31 economic groups in industry and four in

(a) More complete information concerning official and semi-official agencies andalso many other data relating to petroleum and Allied industries are containedin the Jahrbuch der Deutchen MineralClwirtachaft by Karl Heindrich v. Thtfmenand printed by Naturkunde und Technik Verlag Fritz Knapp, Frankfurt a. Main.


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DISTRIBUTING - 299Cartels

commerce. The economic groups are subdivided into Trade Groups (Fachgruppen), someor which are further divided into Sub-trade Groups (Fachuntergruppen).Firms engaged in the production of oil belong to the Wirtsohaftsgruppe KraftstoffIndustrie (Economic Group, Fuel), subdivision of the Reichsgruppe IndustrieI Reich Group, Industry), and its subdivisions; those which are engaged in the distribution of oil belong to the subdivisions of the Reichsgruppe Handel (Reich GroupCommerce). Many firms engaged both in the production and distribution are members

of several subdivisions of both Reich Groups. A further breakdown of the groupsand lists of their personnel are given in Appendix 15.ORGA NIZATION OF GROUPS CONNECTED WITH OIL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

REICH ECONOMIC CHAMBERReichwirtschaftskammer

REICH GROUP, INDUSTRY REICH GROUP, COMMERCEReichgruppe Industrie Reichgruppe Handel 6 Reichsverkehrsgruppen5 OTHER REICHSGRUPPEN 6 TRANSPORTATION GROUPS

ECONOMIC GROUP, MOTOR ECONOMIC GROUP, WHOLE ECONOMIC GROUP,FUEL INDUSTRY SALE EXPORT & IMPORT RETAILWirtschaftsgruppe TRADE WirtschaftsgruppeKraftstoffindustrie Wirtschaftsgruppe Gross-Ein U. EinzelhandelAusfuhrhandel

TRADE DEPARTMENT TRADE DEPARTMENT TRADE DEPARTMENTUSED OIL REGENERATION BITUMEN, BITUMEN EMULSION MOTOR FUELS & GARAGESFachabteilung Bitumen U. FachabteilungBitumenemulsionenFachabteilung Altolaufarbeitung Kraftstoffe U. Garagen

TRADE GROUP TRADE GROUPMINERAL OIL PRODUCTION MINERAL OILFachgruppe Erdolgewinnung Fachgruppe MineralOl

SUBTRADE GROUP SUBTRADE GROUP SUBTRADE GROUPMINERAL OIL & MOTOR FUEL, WHOLESALE LUBRICANTS, WHOLESALEMINERAL OIL PRODUCTSFachuntergruppe Mineralol U.MineralOlerzeugnisse

FachuntergruppeKraftstoff Grosshandel

FachuntergruppeSchmierol Grosshandel

The CartelsCartels in Germany are at present muoh more than "associations of independent

enterprises for the control of the market". They are Government sponsored associations, membership in which, in many instances, is compulsory for every firm in aparticular business and they are vested with dictatorial powers over their members.In the distribution of oil, a number of cartels have a paramount role. Somecartels, such as the Zentralburo fur Mineralol (Central Bureau for Mineral Oil),are the sole buyers and distributors of the total output of production and thematerials imported; some cartels were made into the Bewirtschaftungsstellen, described on pages 300 and 301,The leading cartels of the oil industry are the following:Working Community of Mineral Oil Distributors (Arbeitsgemeinsohaft MineralSlvertellune) and its administrative office, the Zentralburo fur Mineralol (Central

Bureau for Mineral Oil). The distribution of all domestically produoed^and all imported liquid fuels except power kerosene is supervised by the Zentralburo fur


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300 - DISTRIBUTINGCartelsMineralol. It is the compulsory cartel of the mineral oil distributors. The distributing facilities of the cartel members have been pooled and are utilized acoording to the directions of the Zentralbiiro; in other words, the cartel membersact as agents of the Zentralbiiro in the distribution of liquid fuels.

The Kerosene Cartel (Petroleumgemeinschaft) is a voluntary cartel of keroseneproducers and traders and has the same functions in the distribution of keroseneas the Zentralbiiro fur MineralSl has in the distribution of liquid fuels.Lubricants Cartel (Schmierstoff gemei,nschaft) and Working Community of Lubricant Distributors I Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schmierstoffverteilung). During 1943the members of the compulsory Lubricants Cartel, composed of all lubricants producers and traders, formed a Working Community of Lubricant Distributors (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schmierstoffverteilung). This pool is now the sole wholesaler of lubricants in Germany. Wholesalers make deliveries to retailers against retailers' certificates (Handlerscheine), which the retailer receives from the Sub-branch Groupof Lubrioant Wholesalers (Fachuntergruppe Schmierstoffgrosshandel) and which arebased on the retailers1 previous share in the business. The Lubricants Cartel actsas a Bewirtschaftungsstelle.Special- and Test-Benzine Cartel (Spezial and Testbenzingemeinschaft). TheSpecial and Test Benzine Cartel is a voluntary cartel of benzine producers and

traders. Its exact functions in the distribution of benzine are not known, but presumably it has the same position in benzine distribution as the Kerosene Cartel inkerosene distribution.Cartel c_f Bitumen Distributors (Verteilungstelle Bitumen) . The Cartel of Bitumen (Asphalt) Distributors is a voluntary cartel. Its exact functions in the dis*tribution of asphalt are not known, but presumably it has a position comparable tothe Kerosene Cartel.Working Community of German Producers ojf Benzol (Arbeitsgemeinschaft DeutscherBenzolerzeuger) is a compulsory cartel which was made a Bewirtschaftungsstelle forthe distribution of technical benzol.Working Community p_f Distributors of Coal Products (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ver

teilung der Steinkohlenerzeugnisse) is the cartel for the distribution of the by-products of the production, hydrogenation and distillation of raw coal tar, specially coal-tar pitch and coal-tar oil.Regional Economic Offices and Economic Offices(Landeswirtschaftsamter and Wirtschaftsamter)

The Regional Economic Offices(Landeswirtschaftsamter), whieh were establishedin the fell ot 1939, are regional agencies of the Ministry of Economics* They arepresided over by the provincial Presidents (Oberprasidenten) in Prussia and by theReich Governors or Prime Ministers in other German states. They receive, from theReichsstelle, quotas for household consumption which they distribute to the EconomiOffices under them. The Economic Offices (Wirtschaftsamter) are local agencies ofthe Ministry of Economios and are subordinated to the Regional Economic Offices.They are presided over by mayors in the cities and by county chiefs (Landrate) inrural areas. They issue the ration cards to the public and also issue ration cardsto industrial consumers in exchange for their quota certificates. Both the regionaeconomic offices and the economic offices deal, it should be noted, with a long listof other rationed commodities in addition to oil and oil products,

Quota Agencies for Specific Industries (Fachliche Kontindentstellen)Whereas the Reichsstelle fur Mineralo'l deals exclusively with oil and oil products, the numerous agencies to which the Reichsstelle allocates quotas for furtherdistribution among the claimants under them (besides the quotas given to the Regional Economic Offices and Economic Offices for distribution to the consuming public)usually deal also with the other rationed products and materials which these claimants need. These agencies, often organized as Bewirfcschaftuhgsstellen, were established so that a factory would have to deal with only one agenoy for the allocation


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DISTRIBUTING - 301Cartelsof all its requirements. This system is time-saving and a convenience to the manufacturers. It also claims an additional advantage over centralizing all allocationof quotas in one agency, in that the distributing agencies of the various industries, with an intimate knowledge of the character and needs of the individualfirms under their supervision, are better equipped to handle the oil allocation tothem than any agency, Governmental or otherwise, specializing only in the field ofoil. Appendix 17 outlines the jurisdiction of the various quota recipients for theallocation of lubricants. For instance, the need for transformer oil of any firmmanufacturing electrical transformers can, it is believed, be better evaluated bythe authority controlling the firms manufacturing the transformers than by the oilspecialists of the Reichsstelle fur Mineralol. The allocation of transformer oilfor the first filling of transformers is done, therefore, by the Economic GroupElectrical Industry. Similarly, lubricants used in the production of certain chemical products are allocated to the individual firms by the Reich Board Chemistry.On the other hand, the lubricants needed in the production of oil or other productsin the jurisdiction of the Reiohsstelle fur Mineralol are allocated by the EconomicGroup Fuel, because this organization is considered to be most familiar with thecapacity and other circumstances of the oil-producing plants.

These quota agencies are either government agencies (such as the Reich BoardChemistry), which control different products in the same way as the Reichsstellefur Mineralol controls oil and oil products, or they are business organizations(groups, cartels). Quota Agencies for Use in Asriculture

According to recent reports, petroleum products are allooated to individualfarmers by the district farmers organizations (Kreisbauernschaften). The individualallocation is based on the advice of the local peasant leader (Ortsbauernfuhrer).It seems that the Reich Board for Mineral Oil makes an overall allocation for agriculture to the Reich farmers leader (Reichbauernfuhrer), who divides that quotaamong the regional farmers organizations who, in turn, allocate the quotas to thedistrict farmers organizations. No information is available as to whether or notthe district farmers organizations make their individual allocations for petroleumproducts through the local peasant organizations (Ortsbauernschaften) as is done inconnection with seeds, fertilizers, and the like.Bewlrtaohaftunftsstellen in the Oil Industry

In December 1943, the Reich Commissar established the following four Bewirtschaftungsstellen within the oil industry. Reference to these was made under"Cartels" on page 299.(1) The Schmierstoffgemeinschaft (Neuer Jungfernsteig 21, Hamburg 36); thelubricating oil cartel for the distribution of lubricants;(2) The Trade Group Mineral Oil (Kurfurstendamm 74, Berlin-Haleusere) for thedistribution of kerosene, special- and test-benzine;(3) The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Benzolerzeuger (Wittenerstrasse 45,Bochum) for technical benzol;(4) The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Verteilung der Steinkohlenteererzeugnisse (Wittenerstrasse 45 Bochum) for the products obtained in connection with the production,hydrogenation and distillation of coal tarespecially coal-tar pitch and coal-taroil.The order specifies the power of these Bewirtschaftungsstellen to be as follow:To steer the distribution in accordance with special instructions of the Reich

Board for Mineral Oil;To prescribe sales to purchasers specified by the Bewirtschaftungsstellen, anddeliveries ?o certain storing establishments by producers and distributors;

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