ETO, Logistical Build-Up in the British Isles

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. It is sssectial that A unit a full equipment be actu2lly ,vailable to it idthin a veek or two of its arrival overseas. mie can bc eccoqlishi in oile of three WEIYWS: (1) Load it In the seme s.,ip vith the unit; or in P ship i3 the sme convoy, accompanied by representatives of thE unit who vJill stay with tho equipment unit1 It is actuclly delivered. (2) Ship it with represcntetives of the unit, to arrive E week or tvo before the unlt itself. (3) Have the unit turn in its equipent in the Zone of 1n:erior tuml draw new equipnent at its oversees dostinatlor,. This p-ocedure lizs proveii by far the most sztiafuctory find, in the 10%run, the uost ecosoosictL. SZCTIOX 10 SUPPSY OF P3"ROLFITi P?.ODUCTS 38. Inter-Ulifd Petrolcu kencies. To understand the rcsponsibilitias a d Pctivities of SOS in the field of Petroleum, Oil, ?ad Lu5ricants (POL), it is necessmy to rev~eivbriefly the Inter-Allid petrolew a~encies involved. The Petrolcum Administration for Ve.r WP-s R joint duerican a d 3ritish agency concerned vith the eqloitetion, production, and rsfining bf petrCieum prOdUCdS on R globuler basis for American md British requiroidcnta, both nilitcr:, m&civllim. It w s e. civilian ogencg on n governmcntd lovel. Thc ArAny-llav;r Petrolem Board, locttcd in 'kshington, \ma e. idilitwY organization convernca vith the procurement, allocotion, And distribution of 911 POL pro&v.cts for RU &lied cmed forces. It WRB in the ncturr of an opeiatiix weeny for thc Joint Chicfs of Staff Rlld rcported directly to them. Specie1 comitteca locetcd in "eshlngton riid London werc reaponsible for allocr ting aviation petroleurn products within thair apecific geograpliical sph6res. The 7Cshi:lgton connittee rras known as the Avic.tion Petroleum Products kllocr.tion Conmittee (APPhC) end the London COlmiittee ae tne Aviation petroleui products k "n BESigIVaEIlt Committee (APFAC). SKXEF he.d joint British- Ameri6r.n POL scctiOnE in both E4 Nld 05. The 0-4 section 'J~Mconcerned with combine& ALlericrn aad Slrltiah uilitary requircmcntsl thG ti-5 section with aonbined civilan rcquirements. aaaumed Ohc rasponsibility of lrDeterairinfi~ olicy On POL nattera, aaproving POL plans fma the lox-term vlewpaint, and. allocating prhducts cs neoesaery" in ttle BTO'. 39. U.S. kenciea G_oncerned vith the Kandliw of ?ctrolew. Products. The hxea Petroleum Office was rasponaijle for representing the Uaited States in tho paropefin Thee.:er on all POL nrrttere, and for coordinatine 911 nction involving sore Lhan one united States agency. OrgcJliecd an A Theater lovel, it iras the noi-md chmel between the mropem Theater O f bpcrations snd the Amy-Yavy Petrolem 30ard ir. 'ashington. After mqv interveiling che.nge.9 of policy, the Comnnding General, SOS, vcs appointed Area petroleum Officor on 27 May 1343, an Petroleum - -~ - 1, ZTO SOP #I., 16 JW 1944. R-E-S-T-R-I-C-T~XE-D - 23 -
BE 6 1 F. I C T E D Service vas established within the SOS2, absorbiq tLe Area Petroleum Off ice. The activities of tlib &e& petrolem SerPico were cvwlappcd to a significant extent by the POL section lster established in &A, w: Better coordination \PBB finally effected d er the &en Petto r01eu.m Officer. The Chief Qertcmater, Sob, w s respo:isijle foi- the idmd receipt, storage, and i&sucof all POL itrns except those fed directly to installrtloae by POL pipelines, and uncomon ariation ?roducts! The '&artemater Servico was r.l.80 reeuonsible for reconumbing the ?hnsing into the TheRter of ell POX supplies. Since the 3ritish Erere hadling all bulk gaeolinc, tho POL activities of tho Qarternaster Service in the Britiah Isles were, for Lhc noat writ, linited to preparing & consolidating POL requiremants (including tkoac for :he Continental opera- tiion), etoogpiling pnoka~cdWL vrodv.otr, for the invpsion, end techmically Bupervising retidl distribution. , Also bec~.usa of the BritlBh hmd3ling of 5ulk POL in the Uni- ted Kingdom, the Engineer end Ormsportation Services vere not particularly active in their POL reeponsibilitier of construction old tirnnport. Imolved rdth the Lend-Lasso aapects of the petrolmu question wre other United Stntes cgmcies including the Navy (conoerned with t&er aovements and control), the Unitod Sbates Enbcosy Petroleum AttAchC (represcnting the SBate Dapartncnt, the Petrolem Adninistrfition for War, and tIhe Bmrd of Eoononic 'knfnre), the Harrinen ;9saion, a b the General Purchasing Agent, 40. , The beretion of the Petroleun Suppl:? S:den *is6 ao:Jevhnt corqliceted bjr tho numar of United States agonciai involved. This co;l?lexity was to a Ear& extent tlic reeult of their >el% at tinea R Q-4 staff both on the 60s a b tho Thceter level. Hed thcre been onlr one GL?,md that on R Thea'jer level, it would have been feasible for it, toge:hor with the Cparterwester bervice, to hovo absorbEd the work of the Area PetroLBuu Office. me actue.1 efficiencg of petrolem suprly in bhrr British J e l ~ was dependent, of course, h-galy on the British, who wen responsible for the entire bulk handling. The British bid a gond job; thrafore the qply of petrolew wn8 vary aatiefectory, From a planning ?olnt of vim thoro waa coiieiderable &plication between the C$.extenmater Senice, the SOS @, md the &en Petrol- Office. A concreto divieion of reepousibilitg was nevcr decided upon. . This duplication WEB gonowhat Juatifioblc, however, as it provided detailed double-ohccks on planning for one of the iiiost vital war ccmoditios. To some extent it imfi neccsaai'y bcoause of the m y serdcea thet were to be involved in acco:.iplishing petroloug 61ply on the Continent, A significant British action, during the SimilGr Of 1$3, which made tho joint aupaly of nctrnlem ppoducts fcnsible in the British Isles, NRB the st&tdardlaal;icn of all 3rltiSh petrolnu ?roducta, S O e p t tllosc Of tho RAF, and the yoduction of their nunbcr frm 342 toll& It i8 neccsecry to voint out that the expcricnoe:in tho Sritish 1818~did not, because of the lnrgc part played by the Bdtiatl. furnish 8 baeie for QValmting the arcper division of responsibility and Contro~ of POL 8qply flow ketqcen the 605 0-4, %he ~rter;lle.SCBr &XTiCe, and the Enginccr and Tr~eportRtion Services. Later, On thha 2. @a933, ETO, 27 !lay 1943. R-&6-f-X-I-C-I-IE-D - 24 -
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