English Translation

101 Copy The State Secretary Berlin, 24 Sept. 1943 of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium Schnellbrief! Ondun Herrn Reiohsminister und Chef der Reichskanzlet Dr.Lammers, Berlin W 8 CO0 Auf dem Schreiben vom 21. 9. 1943 - Rk.10545 B Subject: Decree of the Führer on the concentration of the war economy. Mr. Reiehswirtschaftsminister Funk instructed me, before embarking on a trip lasting several days, to answer your pre-specified quick letter. The Minister of Economics does not intend, in the offer of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, to exercise directly the powers conferred on him by the decree of the Führer of 3. 9. 43 (§ 3, 4 and 6 of the Fahrer Decree). Rather, unless a general delegation of powers to the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia is possible, he will only address any orders to the latter and ask him to carry them out in the Protectorate. Mr Reichswirtschaftsminister believes that, as far as the competence of the Reichsministerium is concerned, the concerns of the German State Minister for Bohemia and Moravia are irrelevant. Furthermore, I will leave with the Minister of State for Bohemia for the implementation of the Führer-