English Translation

The General Plenipotentiary of Berlin, 16 August 1943 for the Reichsverwaltung GBV 659/43 2300 Schnellbrief To the Council of Ministers for the Imperial Defense of Z.Hd. of the Lord Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery Subject:_ Decree on the reintroduction of the normal period in the Vinter 1943/l944. In the interests of saving electrical energy, the normal time is to be reintroduced in the winter of 1943/44. As time for the transition to normal time, October 4, 1943, in the morning 3 o'clock, has been set. On April 3, 1944, in front of 2 o' clock, the summer time is supposed to start again. I am sending in the annex the copy of a regulation, which I have already signed, on the reintroduction of normal time in the winter of 1943/44, with the request that the decision of the Council of Ministers for the defence of the Reich be brought about with the most impetuous speed. After the decision has been taken, I ask you to return to me the completed execution of the decree for publication in the Reichsgesetzbl. All the parties have agreed to the decree. 55 copies of this oath and of the draft decree are attached. The authorities concerned have received a copy of this letter and of the draft regulation.