English Translation

Department head meeting at l4.2.l944: 1.) Prohibition of social traffic with the consular corps. 2.) Attitude (talking and rumor-making as well as the zealousness among themselves stop. Everyone deserves his own place also in no personal service according to his performance and attitude). 3.) The unification of the German State Ministry as an independent and uniform Supreme Reich Authority leaves much to be desired. I have the impression that certain circles and cliques are propagated and practiced against the divisional leave of passive resistance. On the outside, how: "We don't care about the nonsense, for me everything remains with the old!" I will unintentionally punish. As to the drawing question, I wish that the Reich officials of their area, who are not included in the German State Ministry, do not draw on the name of the "German State Ministry". A word for these officials: the officials concerned have a politically important role to play - at the beginning of the autonomous administration in the coming months, perhaps the most important political function. Of course, my interest and concern still applies to these officials.