English Translation

26al Copy of I Abw. 19/40 6133 Der Führer und Oberste Kommandant Berlin, the 1st January 1940 of the Wehrmacht Basic order. l. No one: No department, no officer may know of a secret matter, if they do not necessarily have to be aware of it for official reasons. 2. No department or officer shall be informed of a matter to be kept secret when it is strictly necessary for the performance of its task. 3. No department and no officer shall have the right to know of a thing to be held secret, or of the part necessary to carry out such a task, as it is absolutely necessary for a task to be performed. 4. The thoughtless passing on of orders: attitude of decisive importance is which general distribution key i Adolf Hitler