English Translation

80 4-Ogr. 6 August 1943. /018*510 eim presented to my authority about important negotiations which they had conducted with services of the party and the state, had not informed or not in time, I issued the house decree attached as photocopy. A copy of the decree has also been sent to the party liaison office. Gauleiter Jury took the decree to me on the occasion of a letter dated 28.7.d.Js., which was received here on 2.8.d. Js. and answered by me with a letter of 5.8.dd. Ys.. A photocopy, i.e. a copy of the letters, is attached. The statements of Gauleider Jury are abstract in the case and completely unqualifiable in the form. In substance, a head of the public authority - as Gauleiter Jury does not misunderstand - is entitled at any time to contact his subordinates about their negotiations with