§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what were the principal sources of supply of oil for Great Britain
Source 1930 1938 1945 Thousands of Gallons Thousands of Gallons Thousands of Gallons U.S.A 814,354 575,998 3,275,430 Dutch West Indies and Venezuela 348,216 1,227,266 842,293 Trinidad 73,495 235,222 91,501 Iran 530,953 626,629 56,075 Iraq — 141,796 346 Rumania 128,493 109,176 — U.S.S.R 264,431 79,351 — Mexico 149,370 59,560 — Other Countries 94,440 148,507 57,770 TOTAL 2,403,752 3,203,505 4,323,415 The figures for 1945 are provisional and it will be appreciated that Lend/Lease was in operation for the first eight months of 1945.