English Translation

1a driving to the relevant district or state authority. This procedure is expected to take half a year in the event of smooth negotiations with the owners of the adjacent land, so that, provided that the Ministry of Agriculture applies for a subsidy, it can be expected that the melioration work will be carried out in the spring of 1943. Finally, I should like to point out that negotiations have already begun with the RAD because of the deployment of its units for this work. The area in question has been visited by the competent officer of the Arbe: s-gaues XXXVIII, accompanied by officials of the municipal land administration, and the planned project has been discussed in detail. The RAD has in principle expressed its willingness to carry out this work, but its commitment depends on the end of the war, since the necessary units are not currently available for such projects.