English Translation

V7 copy. The Reich Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs I 21 581/40 Berlin, July 12, 1940 Quick letter! An a) the High Command of the Wehrmacht, e.g. by General Reincke, b) the Oberkommando des Heeres z.Hd. by Colonel Edelmann B e rl i n W 35 Tirpitzufer 72-76 c) the deputy of the leader Mr. Reichsminister Hess z.Hd, of the head of the stah Bormann Berghof/Obersalzberg d) the alternate of the Führer - Stab München Braunes Haus e) the minister of the Reich and head of Reichskanzlei Berlin W8 f) the chief of the security police and SD Berlin SW ll g) the Minister of the Empire for People's Enlightenment and Prcpaganda Berlin W8) the request copy of the circular decree announced to the ecclesiastical authorities today, concerning the distribution of religious writings by civil church authorities, I am sending to the court for approval. Kerrl