“1. The whole organization to be subordinate to the Reich Marshal. Purpose: Support and extension of the measures of the Four Year Plan.
“2. The organization must include everything concerning war economy, excepting only food which is said to be made already a special mission of State Secretary Backe.
“3. Clear statement that the organization is to be independent of the military or civil administration. Close co-ordination, but instructions direct from the central office in Berlin.
“4. Scope of activities to be divided into two steps: a) Accompanying the advancing troops directly behind the front lines in order to avoid the destruction of supplies and to secure the removal of important goods; b) Administration of the occupied industrial districts and exploitation of economically complementary districts.”
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“5. In view of the extended field of activity the term ‘war economy inspection’ is to be used in preference to armament inspection.