English Translation

85 delivery countries and a Danube ice-up. From the data obtained in this way, length profiles were established and special work was developed. This work was carried out in a detailed publication on "Proposals for the extension of the Danube as a major waterway" which was made accessible to a group of interested parties and experts a few weeks ago. In connection with this, suggestions of various kinds were given. Also on the question of the extension of shipping roads in the narrower south-east European area were taken position. Publications about this took place in the series of writings of the south-eastern Europe society under the title "Waterways connections from the Danube to the Mediterranean". At the moment, the working group is also concerned with issues which serve to regulate shipping relations in the eastern part of the country. It is intended to develop this "working group for Danube questions" into a "work group Danube region". In this working group, all questions relating to the Danube problem in the broadest sense are to be dealt with centrally. The aim is to create a kind of central office for the study of Danube issues in close liaison with the Ministry of Todt in Vienna. 4.) Institute for South-East Law of the South-Eastern European Society. The foundation took place in close agreement with the competent authorities of the University of Vienna and was approved by the Minister of Education of the Reich in agreement with its Minister of Justice. The Institute's task is to carry out legal matters in the implementation of economic planning, in particular in the development of mutual relations between the German 5