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Dr.Bertsch Prague, 11 November 1944. - No.V-2736/44 - inisteramt 11. NOV. 1944 To 4-Upper Group leader Minister of State P r a n k Betr.i Change in the person of the chairman of the Arms Commission. Today a major came to me as a courier from the Armaments Office of the Reichsmini- sterium Speer and gave me the preliminary draft of the decree of the Imperial Minister Speer concerning the dissolution of the Arms Inspection and Arms Commands in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia for inspection. He had instructions to bring the draft back immediately. Since the draft was completely and almost literally in line with the preliminary draft handed over by the German State Ministry to Lieutenant General Hernekamp, I agreed to it on behalf of Jhre's absence. At the request of Lieutenant General Hernekamp, I suggested that the order should be taken not by 15 November, but by 25 November or even better by 1 December 1944, as the time when the order came into force. In addition, I have proposed not to extend the activities of the resolution office headed by Lieutenant General Hernekamp to l5.Jamuar 1945, but to measure them shorter. smtn shif