English Translation

Copy. The Minister of the Interior Berlin NW. 40, 20 October 1939 I 0st 312/39 Königsplatz 6, 4004 telex! To a) the Chief of Administration at the Military Commander Poznan in Poznań, b) the Head of Administration of the Military Commandant West Prussia in Gdansk, c) the President of the Supreme Court in Wrocław, d) the Prime Minister in Königsberg. Betr.: Decree of the Führer and Chancellor of the Reichskanzler on ME Structure and Administration of the Eastern Territories. eW aeusne aS HE S 1000 I P-H99MB4M IWRTPD E sudesus The Führers have ordered that their decree on the structure and administration of the eastern territories of 8 October 1939 (RGBl. I p.2042) already enter into force with the 26 October d.Js. I therefore request that all preparatory work be initiated without delay which requires the administrative organization to enter into force on 26 October. The arrangement of the administration of the Reichsstatthalter in West Prussia and Poznan will shortly follow noon by me. II 13ede9 Following the above-mentioned decree of the Führer of 8 October tober d.Js. The Reichsgaue West Prussia and Poznan, and in these Reichs Gauen, as well as in the provinces of Shle- sien and East Prussia, the administrative districts of Gdansk, Marien- Hohensaza weir, Bromberg, Poznań, Kalisch,/Katowitz and Zichenau To the (Ciekhanov) Higher W and police leaders (including Ostmark, Protectorate and Poland) with Abdr. f.d Inspectors d. Ordn.-Pol. bezw. commanders of the Order Police -.