English Translation

-2 9V in the Saarpfalz the Peichskommissar für die Saarpfalsz, in Hamburg the Reichsstatthalter, in the other countries the highest state authority, in Reichsgauen the Ostmark of the Reichstatthalters. §3 The Keichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda shall, in agreement with the Reich Ministers concerned, adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary for the implementation of this Regulation. §4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its announcement. Berlin, 17 July 1940. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers for the Defence of the Reich Göring Field Marshal The General Plenipotentiary for the Economy Walther F u n k The Minister of the Empire and Head of the Chancellery of Dr.Lammers