English Translation

F9a 142 The Minister of the Reich of the Jnnern Ie 5002/40 Berlin, 12 January 1940. 5003 e An den Herr Landeshauptmann von Kärnten in Klagenfurt Umsiedlung der Güdtiroler aus dem Kanaltal According to a communication by the Reichsführer 4, Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums, the Italian nationals of the Kanal Valley (former court district of Tarbis, province of Udine) who wish to acquire the German nationality and to migrate to the Reich are to be taken into the Neichgebiet via the Gau Carinthia for spatial and traffic reasons. After Jhnen has been entrusted with the care and supervising of these people's Germans, I entrust you with the processing of the naturalisation applications of all Germans from the former court district of Tarvis (Gemein- den Leopoldskirchen, Malborgeth, Pontafel, Saifniß, Tarvis and Uggowiz) who migrate from this area to the Reich or already living in the Jnlande. The guarantees of all Germans from the Province of Bolzano and the mixed-language areas of Neumarkt (Egna), Probinz Trento, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Probinc. Belluno, are to be carried out in Jnnsbruck on the basis of my decree of 3 August 1939 — I e 5425/39/5003 e — as before uniformly by the head of the state of Tyrol. The naturalizations I meet according to the guidelines given in my written circular of 3 August 1939 and with the use of the yhns known, also used in Jnns-bruck to carry out expedited forms. In accordance with section Iv of the above-mentioned decree, I request that I submit monthly index cards according to the usual pattern in Jnnsbruck about the cases of naturalisation from the Kanaltal valley. The naturalization authorities of the Reich have been informed that applications for naturalisation of German people from the former judicial district of Tarvis will be sent to Yhnen in the Jnlande. In close contact with the head of state in Jnnsbruck, please ensure that double processing of the same applications is avoided and that the handling of the cases is carried out on a uniform basis. I have asked the Governor of the Land in Jnnsbruck to dismiss Jhnen's pending undecided applications from candidates from the Tarvis area and, if necessary, to name the persons from the Canal Valley whose applications have been rejected in Jnsbruck, for example, so as not to take a different decision on new applications. Copy of the letter of 19 December v. J. — Z 1I/51/19. 12. 39 F. K. — to be taken note of. Jm Auftrag gez. Hering An den Reichsführer ß, Reichskommissar für die Festigung deutschen Volkstums Berlin-Halensee Kurfürstendamm 142/143