English Translation

13a 2 Copy! The Minister of the Reich the 5. 4. 1943 for armament and ammunition To the heads of the committees and rings Chairmen of the Arms Commissions Arms Inspectors Armaments Commands Military Commissioner Seqsn Betr.: Reconstruction of destroyed manufacturing sites. Ensuring that production is carried out in arms production sites, totally or largely destroyed by enemy forces, calls for a rapid decision. (i) if it is possible to move to free or open spaces, with less air-hazarded areas being preferred, 2.) if there are reception facilities within the relevant main committees or main groups of reception facilities by re-opening of decommissioned production sites CO8TVO by introducing further shifts at production sites in operation, possibly by transferring the success of the destroyed operation and not totally destroyed machinery. Since it is more important to eliminate the partial damage in the defence industry in advance, and since the construction industry is involved in major attacks for a longer period of time, reconstruction can only be permitted within the framework of the relevant main committee or committee. In consultation with the person responsible for the production, at the latest days after the enemy's action, an approximate proposal about the possible securing of the disturbed productions, about the intended storage or possibly of a reconstruction at my disposal.