STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2115, sig. 109-7/122 (damaged)

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2- 18 Dr R i c h t e r - B r o h m, who was appointed to the Director-General's office at the beginning of l943, immediately, on the basis of experience in German companies, initiated an internal reorganisation of the whole company, which created a streamlined, uniform operation and clearly defined responsibilities. At the same time, the strengthening of German influence through the acquisition of qualified German forces for the most important positions of the administration was continued and personal contact with the military services in Prague, the central Wehrmacht offices, the main committees and the relevant protectorate offices was initiated. In particular, this organisation work, which has been in operation since the beginning of the year, includes the following measures, from whose initial or older approaches with energy-sponsored implementation one can draw the facit of the previous activities of the new management: 1. The summary of the Single Executive Board in the Directorate-General, which, in addition to the creation of a General Secretariat, was divided into the following divisions: a/ The technical relationship with the Technical Management Department Planning 11 Labour input. In the field of technical management, the Directorate-General has created the instrument which has not yet been used to align the works in a uniform way, to coordinate their performance and to ensure the overview and impact of the process of production. In addition to the Czech head of the technical company administration, a gualified German force will enter, negotiations are underway. Labour input and training including retraining are already being conducted in German./Dr.Schliebner,Ing. Spettstösser/. Technical management has enabled the Directorate-General to intervene in areas where immediate action was needed as a result of failure to date. This applies primarily to cell construction in Karolinenthal, where delivery programmes were agreed which the plant could not fulfil with the available resources and which had brought about a conflict with the RLM and the Special Committee. Through personal contact with the relevant bodies, personal changes, separation of the line of cell and engine construction, use of a proven, rich German expert as a Zee