English Translation

4a - 2 - Minister. As the sole representative of the party, the deputy representative of a leader has also been appointed a member of the Council of Ministers for the Defense of the Reich. 3. With the decree of 10 July 1937 on the appointment of Beanten, the Führer has ordered that only the deputy representative of the Förder be heard before the appointment by the Minister of Industry. Therefore, in all related matters the deputy of theFührer is also responsible. 4. With all these matters falling within the competence of the deputy of the leader, other party services have nothing to do, you have been assigned special tasks which lie outside this framework. 5. In the name of his department, the deputy of the Führer did not express that he was a separate department of the führer, because in the exercise of his powers vis-à-vis the supreme organs of the State his objections and opinions could then easily be regarded as his own opinions. In any event, when the name he actually chose is used, it remains apparent that the final decision is reserved for the Führer himself, whether he is the leader of the NSDAP, the supreme head of the state administration or the supreme commander of the Wehrmacht. The deputy of the Führer also wanted to avoid, under all circumstances, any decision which he made on behalf of the leader of the NSDAP, and any instructions which he gave to the party, especially that the letters of his clerks make it seem as if the leader's opinions were not of his own accord. 1 Munich, the 9th century. May 1940 95414 The chief of staff of the deputy representative of the leader callra gez M. Bormann