English Translation

99 - 3 of the remaining 8.000 workers. These have to be driven from their accommodation locations in Mönchhof and Halbturn with Pen-delzugn over 10 km far to the place of operation to Neusie del. The transport question is a second difficult problem, since the Son- derzugen were never on time until now. The crew stands freezingly at the station and often waits for hours until the special train finally arrives. Monday, for example, it occurred that the trains did not leave until around 10 a.m. instead of 6 a. m. and 7 a.M. and the crew could then work for just one hour. If the supply does not work better in the future, the whole operation is pointless, because the work is in no proportion to the effort and the difficulties. With the responsible head of the Gauabschnitt Nord, head of district Arnold, I agree that the construction management calculates a clear and precisely worked out work programme for 10,000 men and the time of 10 weeks. This is then announced to the team and firmly agreed that after the completion of this program it will go home. I expect an unprecedented upswing and an upsurge in the morale of work. Men, of course, can handle shovels and hoes much better than all the other workers employed in this section. Their work is already well above average. I assume that we can be done with the tasks given in no later than 8 weeks. 6.) Atmosphere of the team: As described before, the first impressions were quite devastating, especially because of the poor accommodation.