English Translation

150 Head of a section, Head of Department at the regional authorities,Head of a labour office, Chief Office Officer of the Reichsauftragsverwaltung) is to be requested from the post which is intended for the corresponding activity in the rest of the empire. As far as the payment of the ministerial allowance is concerned - it would be absolutely justified to also pay a ministerial allowance to those in charge of the autonomous central authorities, since it is undoubtedly also a very ministerial activity here - a default allowance must be paid to the previous beneficiaries. As far as possible, a decision of the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany on the above-mentioned fundamental questions of the budget of the German Minister of State should be reached before submission of the draft budget for 1944. r8081