English Translation

At the same time, I have also stressed that no new services have been set up for this large corps, and that the organization has also been prepared for use within three months only on its own initiative. The figures that I called them aroused great amazement, also on the part of the Wehrmacht, which was represented by Generalfeldmarschall Keitel. I underlined that this order for the formation of the two new police corps was given by the Reichsführer after approval by Reichsmarschal Göring. During the subsequent conversations, many Gauleiter have confirmed that without the Landwacht and its deployment in the Reich we would have countless fires, burglaries, sabotage files and raids today. Generalfeldmarschall Keitel then talked about the question of humanization in the Reich by the Wehr- macht and justified the need to do the last thing here in order to establish the corresponding new Wehrmacht forces. His remarks were partly applauded by the Gau- tomananCan When I was together in a short lunch break, I was addressed by various Gauleiters, as they should now be represented by the police in their new major tasks, which are not only air protection tasks but above all military and therefore strongly police-political tasks. It would be necessary to set up a service which represents both the - and the police tasks. I could only briefly explain to the interrogators that the Reichsführer himself intended to use with them - and police leaders and that I hope that the corresponding order will take place very soon. I have, of course, stressed that the leader of the police and police would only be under their personal authority. Contradictions have not been raised against this, but only the urgent desire to establish such a body has always been expressed. It will be necessary to change the prepared decree on the Gauluftschutzführer at the Reichsdefense Commissars, to which the Reich leader also