English Translation

33 - 8 - The branches have to participate in the establishment and management of the so-called sabotage guards.This is a temporary war task, for whose supply no posts for service personnel are provided. If the existing forces and contributions from other departments are not sufficient, it is necessary to help with contract staff. The previous staff level has experienced a strong increase in numbers by delivery agents and index and protocol operators. The activities of the delivery agents are difficult to control. Not urgent delivery should be handed over to the post office for promotion in the future. Also the protocol and index management, by which all incoming and outgoing scripts are recorded, binds a relatively large amount of forces and is largely unnecessary with orderly management. It should be limited to important files. The establishment plan provides for any forces which are necessary for a considerably simplified procedure. For the same reasons as for the above-mentioned office, no special staff shall be provided for the forces involved in the duties of the branches in the field of price and commission section, which, as with the Food and Business Office, are composed of employed officials and employees from other staid service, protectorate authorities, and retired employees and contract staff. Although branches' tasks are greatly reduced by size and importance, their management requires experienced and mature officials. Depending on the size and characteristics of the individual districts, a post in grade A 2 d, A 3 b or A 4 b l appears appropriate for the head of the branch.The size and other remarkable characteristics of each district are briefly noted.