The Deputy General of the Armed Forces with the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia.
Signed: FRIDERICI
Infantry Lt. General
Distribution:
OKW-L—1st Copy
OKH-O Qu V—2nd Copy
Chief H Ruest and Bd E-Ic.—3rd Copy
Draft—4th Copy
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 864-PS
TOP SECRET
L IV Berlin, 20 October 1939
Only copy
Written by officer 20 Oct.
[illegible initials]
Conference between the Fuehrer and Chief OKW
on the future shape of Polish relations
with Germany
(Evening of 17 October 1939)
1. The Armed Forces will welcome it if they can dispose of administrative questions in Poland.
On principle there cannot be 2 administrations.
2. Poland is to be made independent. She will neither be part of the German Reich nor a district administered by the Reich.
3. It is not the task of the Administration to make Poland into a model province or a model state of the German order or to put her economically or financially on a sound basis.
The Polish intelligensia must be prevented from forming a ruling class. The standard of living in the country is to remain low; we only want to draw labor forces from there. Poles are also to be used for the administration of the country. However, the forming of national political groups may not be allowed.