English Translation

65a Mr. Head of Civil Administration for the District of Bialystok Mr. Chief Commissioner for the Zone of Operation "Adiatic Coastal Country 48 Trie st. : Decree of the Führer on the Deadly War Operations In the implementation of the decree of the Fuhrer on Total War Operations of 25 July 1974 (Reichsgesatzblatt I p.161), doubts arose as to whether the Supreme Reich authorities can base the decree itself as a basis for authorisation on the basis of instructions of the Reich's authorized representative for the total war operations or in agreement with him. In agreement with the Reich's authorized representative for the dead: Jci war operation; the head of the Party Chancellery and the general authorized representative of the Reich administration, I note that Section I, paragraph 2 of the Act gives such an authority to the Supreme Reich authorities, thereby enabling the accelerated order of measures to serve the deadly war operation. On the other hand, the decree does not offer any means of imposing a general new right beyond the objective set by the Supreme Reich Authorities in the framework of the decree of the Führer of 25 July 1944, which is to be issued by the Reich Minister and Chief of the Reichsknzlei, the head of the Party Chancellery and the General Plenipotentiary for the encroachment of the Empire. I would ask that the participation of these bodies be arranged at such an early stage that they will have sufficient time to assess and close down, and that delays in the execution of the measures to be taken be avoided as a result of late participation.