English Translation

168 In implementation of the Decree of 30 September 1942, I appointed commissioners for the purpose of the uniform order and management of the work in the General Government, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the Reichskommissariatten and the occupied territories in the Vest and East. These commissioners, on the basis of this decree, have the duty, according to my instructions 1. We must ensure that the workers in the food and armaments industries which are in the great empire themselves are guaranteed. 2. In the areas attached to the Great German Empire and occupied, the workers needed for agriculture and armaments there are to be provided according to the necessary requirements and to arrange for their use. 3. In these areas, an order of the deployment of skilled workers and auxiliary staff that meets the conditions in the Reich, the most urgent need for workers for the Wehrmacht, for transport, as well as for the most pressing armaments and construction tasks, and in this case the most advanced use with objectives of the best possible benefit after Vofbild deutscher Arbeitsme- apg des deutsch enTem- p$ M 4. Consideration must be given to the fact that the German worker must always be in the first place in his remuneration and that a healthy wage gap in favour of the large German pension must be maintained, to ensure that the wage and accordion rain in their area is regulated according to the point of view of the increase in performance. The representatives of the labour force are directly responsible to me. For the purpose of carrying out their extraordinary and difficult task, please submit to me all assistance and support which is only conceivable. Their most prominent task is to serve both the work of the Reich itself and in the occupied territories. Fritz Sauckel The General Representative for Work *