English Translation

"The current Zntwigzlus of the electricity supply is fundamental, absul- ken and to be destroyed after the war. The de-icing of the supply of electricity is dictated absolutely ven capi- talistic interests, but not determined by the demand of the general public". This aberration of the Plhrer arrived at the centre of the head of the Hauptamt für Kommunalpolitik of the management of the NsDAP, Reichsleiter Oberblrgermeister Kari Fiehler, at the beginning of 1 940, and prompted him to ask Reichleiter Bormann to inform him of the opinion of the Pihrer on the question of energy supply. Dai.uf. Reichsleiter B o r m a n n under the 5.2.1940 wrote: "Herrn Reicheleiter Karl F i h l e r Minchen = Betr.: Verfähigkeits in der Elektricititwirtschaft. Dear party comrade F i a r ! At your request, I would like to inform you of the opinion of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology on the question of energy supply, that the Community's desire to force the electrific industries to abandon their independence would be contrary to this development.