Group L which concerns itself with all questions of food and agriculture, and
Group W which is in charge of the entire field of trade and industry, including raw materials and suppliers, further questions of forestry, finance and banking, enemy property, commerce and exchange of commodities and manpower allocation.
Secretary of State Backe is appointed Commissioner for Food and Agriculture in the General Staff; the problems falling within the field of activities of Group W are dealt with by General v. Hanneken.
Before giving further details of the particulars of organization and staffing of Group M, of which we have to take charge, here is a short summary on the plans.
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Local Sub-Division
(Map already handed over) may entries explain code-names?
Of the 5 inspectorates, 4 have been established from the outset, while the 5th remains in reserve for an assignment temporarily undecided.
| { | Vilna | |||
| 1. Leningrad (Holstein) | { | Riga | ||
| with economic commands at | { | Reval | ||
| { | Leningrad | |||
| { | Murmansk | |||
| and sub-offices at | { | Wologda | ||
| { | Archangel | |||
| { | Minsk | |||
| 2. Moscow (Saxony) | { | Moscow | ||
| with economic commands at | { | Tula | ||
| { | Gorki | |||
| { | Briansk | |||
| and sub-offices at | { | Jaroslawl | ||
| { | Rybinsk | |||
| { | Lddz | |||
| { | Kiev | |||
| { | Kishinev | |||
| 3. Kiev (Baden) | { | Odessa | ||
| with economic commands at | { | Charkov | ||
| { | Knjepropetrovsk | |||
| { | Stalino | |||
| { | Rostov | |||
| { | Stalingrad | |||
| { | Sevastopol | |||
| and sub-offices at | { | Kerch | ||
| { | Voronesh | |||
| { | Kursk | |||
| Finally | ||||
| 4. Baku (Westphalia) | { | Krasnodar | ||
| with economic commands at | { | Grozny | ||
| { | Tiflis | |||
| { | Baku | |||
| and a sub-office at | Batum. |
Besides the 5th inspectorate, with the code-name of Hesse, an economic command (Borkum) and 2 sub-offices are held in reserve.
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