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Girb R THE VOLUME-MIGHTED Prague, 13 June 1944. FOR THE NAH TRANSPORT VIII/3No. 261/I/44g. Secret e 1.) Subject: Ordering of lorries. 9 Original #-Obergruppenführer Minister of State F r a n k with the following report and the request for a decision submitted: On 6.6.1944 I stated that the reduction of the petrol allocation and the considerable additional need of armor for vehicles, in particular the hunter's prögram, require the most severe throttling measures in road transport. Nevertheless, the aim is to keep as far as possible the transport of milk, perishable food (now mainly vegetables), the workers, and the transports of arms and war production at the expense of other transports. The head of Division VI, Dr. Schmidt, informed me that before taking away brewery vehicles for use for other purposes, his consent had to be heard. The same applies to all vehicles on the food sector because it is responsible for the distribution of the food. Since the beginning of the war, the agent responsible for local transport has been responsible for the allocation of petrol and for the authorisation of long-distance freight transport, for the transport of goods by the Community and for numerous other individual orders issued according to the respective traffic-related fuel situation. In particular, the Nbv with its driving equipment managers since the beginning of the war determines which vehicles of the Wehrmacht St.M.√=36/44g 44/48