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88 - 7 - are replaced by others, which is possible. Appropriate measures are currently in preparation. For the second half of the marketing year l943/44, a sharp drop in agricultural production and deliveries to Germany must be expected. 2. The development and the status of the transfer of orders to Dünemark. After the occupation of the country on a friendly basis, Pie armamentewirtschaftliche Anzugung Denmark followed without any pressure. The "armaments staff Denmark of the Reich Minister for Armament and War Production" (Rü Stab Dan.) used the Danish industry to an increasing extent for the German armaments production in Reiimen of the existing possibilities. As a result of political tensions and increasing sabotage, in mid-1943 certain difficulties arose in the placement of German orders from the Reich to the Dunic industry. During the military exception (29.8. - 5.10.1943) by a decree of the Wehrmacht commander Denmark of 4.9.43, all Danish Firmon, industrial and commercial companies and retailers were obliged to accept delivery and disposal orders of the German Wehrmight and the Rü Stab Dan. in the framework of the achievable service and delivery possibilities and to execute them without delay. This regulation remained in force even after the end of the state of emergency; however, until now it has only been necessary in very isolated cases to force German arms orders under reference to this regulation. A summary of the previous transfer of equipment to Denmark and the deliveries of finished equipment to the Reich shows the following picture: -/-