OFFICIAL STAMP: TOP SECRET
(gives the exact routine instructions how to handle state secrets)
1. This is a state secret in the sense of par. 88 Reich Criminal Code in the wording of the law of 24 April 1934. German laws of 1934 Vol. 1 p. 341 ff.
2. To be passed on only personally or upon personal written request in two envelopes against receipt certificate.
3. Transmission if possible through courier or trusted personality; in case of postal transmission as money-letter (value 1050 marks).
4. Multiplication of any kind as well as making of excerpts is prohibited.
5. Recipient responsible for safe keeping. Violation of this results in severest punishment.
DISTRIBUTION
Members of the Executive Board of the NSDAP
Regional Leaders
Adjutant's Office of the Fuehrer
Liaison Staff of the NSDAP
Reich Organization Directorate
Reich Propaganda Directorate
Reich Student Leadership
SS Gruppenfuehrer HEYDRICH.
INCLOSURE TO DIRECTIVE—A 5/40 g