Decree concerning the setting up of a secret cabinet council of 4th February 1938.
To advise me in conducting the foreign policy I am setting up a secret cabinet council.
As president of the secret cabinet council, I nominate: Reichsminister Freiherr-Von Neurath
As members of the secret cabinet council, I nominate:
Reichsminister of the Exterior Joachim von Ribbentrop
Prussian Prime Minister, Reichsminister of the Air, Supreme Commander of the Air Forces, General Field Marshal Hermann Goering
The Fuehrer's Deputy, Reichsminister Rudolf Hess
Reichsminister for the enlightenment of the people and of propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery Dr. Hans-Heinrich Lammers
The Supreme Commander of the Army, General Walter von Brauchitsch