CABINET PAPERS

Complete classes from the CAB and PREM series in the Public Record Office, London

Series Two: CAB 50 & CAB 51 - The Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence - Papers of the Oil Board, 1925-1939,and Middle East Questions, 1930-1939 (CAB 50/1-19 & CAB 51/1-11)

CONTENTS OF REELS

REEL 1

Committee of Imperial Defence: Oil Board: Minutes and Memoranda (CAB 50):

CAB 50/1 Minutes of Meetings 1-28  (23 June 1925-7 October 1936)

CAB 50/2 Minutes of Meetings 29-45  (13 November 1936-28 July 1939)

REEL 2

CAB 50/3 Memoranda: Papers 1-51 (1 May 1925-1 July 1930)

CAB 50/4 Memoranda: Papers 52-100 (5 June 1930-9 February 1933)

REEL 3

CAB 50/5 Memoranda: Papers 101-175 (14 February 1933-3 November 1936)

CAB 50/6 Memoranda: Papers 176-250 (14 November 1936-26 April 1938)

REEL 4

CAB 50/7 Memoranda: Papers 251-300 (9 May 1938-31 January 1939)

CAB 50/8 Memoranda: Papers 301-346 (31 January 1939-18 August 1939)

CAB 50/9 Sub-Committees: Oil Requirements in War  (November 1925)

CAB 50/9 Sub-Committees: Supplies, Sources and Tanker Tonnage in Relation to Empire Oil Requirements in War 

 (11 May 1928-20 March 1929)

CAB 50/10 Sub-Committees: Second Term of Reference of the Oil Board - Control of Oil Supplies and of Tanker Tonnage in War (4 October 1929)

REEL 5

CAB 50/11 Sub-Committees: Treatment of Coal  (22 November 1929-7 July 1930)

CAB 50/12 Sub-Committees: Welbeck Aviation Spirit (17 January 1933-23 June 1933)

CAB 50/13 Petroleum Products Reserves: Meetings 1-24 (27 February 1936-4 July 1939)

CAB 50/14 Petroleum Products Reserves: Papers 1-50 (21 February 1936-22 February 1937)

REEL 6

CAB 50/15 Petroleum Products Reserves: Papers 51-100 (March 1937-6 December 1937)

CAB 50/16 Petroleum Products Reserves: Papers 101-150 (30 December 1937-19 July 1938)

CAB 50/17 Petroleum Products Reserves: Papers 151-212 (27 July 1938-8 July 1939)

REEL 7

CAB 50/18 Oil from Coal: Reports and Papers 1-39 (26 April 1937-31 January 1938)

REEL 8

CAB 50/19 Oil from Coal: Meetings and Notes of Evidence (28 April 1937-31 January 1938)

REEL 9

Committee of Imperial Defence:
Standing Ministerial and Official Sub-Committee for Questions concerning the Middle East: Minutes and Memoranda (CAB 51):

CAB 51/1 Ministerial Sub-Committee: Reports, Proceedings and Memoranda  (1930-1935)

CAB 51/2 Official Sub-Committee: Minutes of Meetings 1-25 (25 February 1931-1 Aug 1933)

REEL 10

CAB 51/3 Official Sub-Committee: Minutes of Meetings 26-50 (15 August 1933-2 Feb 1937)

CAB 51/4 Official Sub-Committee: Minutes of Meetings 51-69 (8 June 1937-14 August 1939)

CAB 51/5 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 1-50 (17 September 1930-8 December 1931)

REEL 11

CAB 51/6 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 51-100 (21 January 1932-25 July 1933)

CAB 51/7 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 101-150 (14 August 1933-17 October 1934)

REEL 12

CAB 51/8 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 151-200 (3 October 1934-20 February 1936)

CAB 51/9 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 201-225 (20 February 1936-25 May 1937)

REEL 13

CAB 51/10 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda  226-260 (4 June 1937-26 March 1938)

CAB 51/11 Official Sub-Committee: Memoranda 261-317 (13 April 1938-29 August 1939)

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