TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 997-PS
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The Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery
RK 504B top secret
Berlin W 8 Voss-Strasse 6
2 August 1940
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at present Headquarters of the Fuehrer
all mail is to be sent to the Berlin address
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Rosenberg office Rec. No. 2133, 5 Aug 40
To Reichsleiter Rosenberg
Foreign political office of the NSDAP
Berlin W 35
Margarethenstrasse 17
Re: Report about Holland
Dear Party Member Rosenberg:
I have presented the report of July 19 of this year, given to me by Stabsleiter Schickedanz on July 23 of this year, to the Fuehrer, together with the report delivered by Reich Commissioner Dr. Seyss-Inquart about the period from May 29 to July 19, 1940.
I am enclosing a copy of this last-mentioned report for your confidential information and submit an opinion on it.
Heil Hitler
Yours very respectfully
Signed: Dr. Lammers
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1. Report about the situation and developments in the
occupied territories of the Netherlands
Period covered by this report: 29 May to 19 July, 1940.
Commission and task.
With the nomination as Reich Commissioner the commission is given * * * in serving the interests of the Reich to secure public order and public life. * * * and the task is connected * * * to bind the Netherlands, which have to remain independent for the purpose of the preservation of Dutch Indies territory, as much as possible to the Reich economically, apart from military security measures.