English Translation

16 - 2 - Lack of regulation of the transport question for the supply of the sub-suppliers and for the delivery of the productions to the BMM. Here, stables have become known, for already finished parts have stored for a long time with the sub- suppliers, because there was no transport possibility, while these parts of the BMM were urgently needed for assembly purposes. For example, the BMM recently needed accumulators made by V a r t a, which have been ready for dispatch there for 8 days. By taking this bottleneck, this bottle was fixed within 1 hour. /p No committee control at the sub-suppliers. The material called the scrap is partly extremely high. There is a great danger that material will intentionally be processed incorrectly to sabotage production. e/ As a result of the conditions a-e mainly unused capacities in numerous companies to the detriment of the other arms orders. As a result of laterial shortages and for the reasons mentioned above, machines often stand still for weeks, the workforce is partly without work for hours. f/ Lack of account L of the dureh the blocking hours in the electricity supply occurring failures at the delivery dates The blocking hours sometimes cause catastrophic conditions. The exact planning of the work during which the power failure is taken into account is absolutely necessary. VI. Measures taken : A so-called adjustment of the reported failures with the individual sub-suppliers was often impossible. Complete elimination of the mentioned deficiencies can only be achieved by a general adjustment of the overall complex of sub-contractors. On the basis of the reports submitted by a large number of sub-contractors, a meeting was held on 1 January 1944 at the request of the manager of the company, Director W a s m u t h, in the presence of the new Chief Director, who will also be responsible for the sub-suppliers, Dr. T o b o l a and the Czech staff involved, the results of the inspections carried out and the shortcomings identified were discussed in detail. In relation to the management of the company, the urgent demand for immediate relocation was raised and encouraged to re-examine the entire sub-contractor's question with the utmost discretion. In response to a question from the managing director, Dr. Tobola , and also Director S t e n s d e r e r , on the extent to which the matter had now been carried out, the above mentioned