English Translation

Copy Confidential! Not for publication! National Socialist German Workers' Party The Deputy of the Führer Reichsverordungsblatt Munich, May 11, 1940 Issue A 4/40 Announcement B 24/40 Various inquiries cause me to clarify the following: 1, The department of the deputy of the leader is a service of the Fuhrer. By the decree of the leader of 2l.4.1933, the deputy of the head was given the power to "determine in all matters of party leadership in the name of the chief". In all matters concerning the leadership of the party - the deputy is therefore supreme and last instance under the leader. None of the other posts of one to the deputy to the head. 2. As to the relationship between the party and the State, the representative of the party against the State is responsible for the representation of the Party. By § 2 of the Act Party and State of the 1st Decembe: the leader as the only representative