This knowledge constitutes the greatest danger for the German leader who wants to organize the Russian area. Already the fact that the marked conviction in the Eastern area is generally known and widespread today, means a weakening of the war economic and soldierly potential of the Slav, such as no partisan propaganda could achieve to such an extent.
Primacy of War Necessities
All of these projects exist beyond any ideological attitude. The military and war economic necessities are the only guides. If we forsake them, then the German soldier at the front will have to pay for our political errors in disposition with his blood.
We must build, by taking only those measures, beyond all ideology, which may be suitable after a victorious peace, which are useful in furthering the working and soldierly commitment of the Slav in our interest and thereby conserve German working power and German blood, and bring German victory closer.
Appendix A Daily Food Rations in the Occupied Eastern Territories. (in grams)
| Consumer Class | Bread | Meat | Fat | Prepared Foods | Potatoes |
| In the Towns of Army Area A (Caucasus) | |||||
| Normal Consumer | 215 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Worker for the German Armed Forces | 345 | 28.5 | 10 | -- | -- |
| Very Heavy Worker for the German Armed Forces | 428 | 43 | 14.3 | -- | -- |
| In some villages potatoes and vegetables are missing altogether. | |||||
| In the Ukraine (without legal claim) | |||||
| Unemployed | 215 | 14.3 | -- | -- | 286 |
| Families of those working for German interests | 215 | 14.3 | -- | 71,5 | 286 |
| Workers for the German Armed Forces | 286 | 28.6 | -- | 71,5 | 355 |
| Very Heavy Workers for the German Armed Forces | 355 | 42.8 | -- | 355(?) | 355 |
| These rations were issued hardly anywhere until now; especially the firsttwo groups mentioned have not received these rations in most cases. | |||||
| In the Towns of the Crimea | |||||
| Workers for the German Armed Forces | 300 | -- | -- | 71,3 | -- |
| Families | 200 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Children under 14 | 100 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| According to the importance of the factory, 3-5 grams of sunflower oil isdistributed daily. | |||||
| In the Towns of the General Commissariat Dniepropetrovsk | |||||
| (oil) | |||||
| Normal Worker | 250 | -- | 6 | 50 | -- |
| Heavy Worker for the German Armed Forces | 300 | -- | 6 | 50 | -- |
| Very Heavy Worker for the German Armed Forces | 400 | -- | 15 | 50 | -- |
| Miners | 700 | -- | 20 | 100 | -- |
| Women and Children | 250 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 1383-PS
Excerpt from Transcription of a Stenographic Report of Discussion of the Current Military Situation—dated 12 December 1942—[Pages 65 and 66.]