English Translation

The Reichswirtschaftsminister Berlin, 14 October 1943 Behrenstr. 43 V Id 6/123 475/43 To the Lords Reichsbeauftragter der Reichsstellen V and VII bis XXIX - in person - General Decree No. --- D.St. (confidential) 40/43 R.St Betr. Schweiz und Liechtenstein I 1: Import of goods. The German-Swiss settlement agreement of 9 August 1940 as amended on 18 July 1941, which was signed on 15 July 1941. January 1943, but in the period from 16 January to 31 July 1943 autonom was applied, was re-established by the Additional Agreement of 1 October 1943 for the period 1 August 1943 to 31 December 1943 with certain amendments. On the basis of the agreements made I decide to cancel the General Confidential Decrees -- D.St. --- D. St. 89/40 R.St. 65741 R. St. 1/43 D.St . --- D. St . and --- D, St. 7/43 R. st. 32/43R. st . As a result of these transfer quotas, transfer quota certificates are issued by the Swiss authorities, which ensure the Swiss exporter the granting of the transfer guarantee by the Federal Government. Without a transfer guarantee, clearing payments in Switzerland are not possible for supplies of goods. All foreign exchange certificates issued after 15 January 1943 shall be counted in full against the special limits granted to the Reichsstelle. If foreign exchange certificates have been issued for goods for which a value limit is not fixed, or if foreign exchange declarations have been granted beyond the new value limits, nothing is at first required by the Reichsstellen. Jn these cases must be left to the Swiss exporters to obtain the transfer guarantee of the federal government. The full credit is also subject to the foreign exchange certificates issued by the supervisory authority to the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia after 15 January 1943 for imports from Switzerland. The supervisory authority in Prague has therefore been instructed to speed up the notification to the Reichsstellen about the post 15 December 1943. After taking into account all foreign exchange certificates issued in accordance with the 15th anniversary of 1943, the following declaration must be returned to me on the form Import No. 15: a)_goods,_for which_a limit_newly fixed _worden_is. Column 1: Designation of the goods, column 2: Stat. Number Column 3: The limits set by special letters for 1943 Column 4: Total amount of foreign exchange certificates issued from 15 January 19943 until the date of issue of the aid (including foreign exchange allowances issued in Prague) Column 5: Total amount for foreign exchange attestations issued by the supervisory body in Prague b) C 1496