English Translation

69-12 The Reichskommissar für Altmaterialberwertung Appendix 1 to 1/40. AV. No. 0705/40 Kp/Ste. 25 January 1940. To all Gaubeauftragter Betr. Press and Propaganda. In accordance with and with the permission of the head of the Reichsring for National Socialist propaganda and popular education, I give the following guidelines for the press= and propaganda work: After the propaganda for the recording of old materials and = utilization is carried out in public, generously and in detail in the enemy states and also in all adjacent neutral states, there is no reason anymore, the propaganda in the Great German Neich for the capture and exploitation of the old. I would like to thank the rapporteur for his excellent report, and I would also like to congratulate him on his excellent work on this report. The explanation of the importance of the collection and utilization of old and waste materials, and in particular of the organizations and formations of the party to be entrusted with the recording, requires the largest press= and propaganda Einsat. 1. The most important advance for the beginning and implementation of the propaganda is the previous determination, whether in each individual case the collection= organisation stands and ensures a timely collection of the cin. If the organisation does not stand in a gau, circle or place, the propa= ganda must be maintained until sufficient forces are available for the collection of the old materials collected in the households. Furthermore, it must be guaranteed that this material is collected at very fixed intervals. After this precise and responsible examination, the following points come into question about the Cinsatder Propaganda: 2. Press propaganda. In accordance with the date of a certain continuous collection or shock action, which you have decided upon after acceptance by me, the press, after prior consultation with the head of the Gauringe of your responsible Gaupropagandaleitung, shall: