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17 February 1943. SP Berlin W8, the and head of the Presidential Chancellery Vossraße 4 of the Führer and Chancellor of the Reich RP.0.1970/43. Thi gnudielreV tus egrtnA bnu tlletnA tns nedolesoendd-taneibrert asb (s Vaperor egidtoc nil anedoiiesn Schnellbrief otud o Soene er - Subject: Limitation of the award of bfesifof sib (tane ib Orders and honorary signs during deutaneid eib (6 war. (i) (e) Procedure: My letter dated 30 January 1943 -RP.0. 1367/4o 886 (1 noble-mow a (g hodoennendd-mdewnadure gsh Cd) At the suggestion of the party chancellery to cease the awarding of ied .at.b.s1 of medals and medals, in particular of the war service UX 1190 TOuMrThootodsmnEroV pe- cross, during the war in whole or in part, DESTS BCUTSEG MSIUCHOOCITCS has decided as follows: seaen BOC neterd bnate 1) A cessation of the award of war service cross is to be foreseen. The Führer is of the opinion that, at this time, when all forces are more than ever put at the service of the struggle for the final victory, no more than 0390 Nedeilre UN drawings, in particular the awards for this war, 6602 89, should be withheld. In the interests of job savings, however, the Führer has ordered that the awards in the home and in the occupied areas for the non-military night sector in the future should only be made twice a year on 30 January and on 1 September, and that the quotas allocated to this area should not be increased adoief. For merits in air raids -ietti continues to remain in the interim awards case by case. The Führer has rejected a transfer of the right of award to the chiefs of the Reich authorities or subordinate bodies. 2) In the future, the honorary sign for German people's care will only be awarded for special merits in the fulfilment of immediate war tasks. 3) The award of the honorary signs of trust will be discontinued until the end of the war. Accordingly, for the duration of war, the applications are made by the Supreme Reichsbehärden. 3894 40 2D Din 476 A 4