I may remark that it was possible to reach this figure of 850,000 only under great difficulties which had not existed during the previous year and only because all labor allocation agencies, particularly also in the occupied territories, approached their task with the greatest devotion.
Unfortunately, quite a number of our officials and employees became victims of assassination, attack, and the like, by partisans.
In addition to the labor forces put at the disposal of the economy within the Reich, several hundred thousand laborers were made available within the occupied territories by the agencies of the Labor Allocation Administration to the Organization Todt as well as to the enterprises working for the German war economy in the East and the West. Furthermore, it was possible to assign to the Wehrmacht, in addition to a large number of laborers, some considerable numbers of labor volunteers.
Moreover, by virtue of the order concerning compulsory registration, dated 27 January 1943, the following number of men and women are made available.
| Men | Women | Total | |
| February | 14,594 | 163,012 | 177,606 |
| March | 45,606 | 494,931 | 540,537 |
| April | 19,315 | 269,374 | 288,689 |
| May | 11,485 | 186,683 | 198,168 |
| ———— | ———— | ———— | |
| TOTAL | 91,000 | 1,114,000 | 1,205,000 |
However, approximately 600,000 of these persons are available only for less than 48 hours of work per week.
Altogether German war industry recruited 2,000,000 laborers during 5 months of 1943.
Furthermore, as regards wage control and increase of the output of the laborers in the various European territories, especially in France, negotiations were conducted as well as arrangements made and regulations issued, which enabled us to keep the wage system in the occupied European territories in order to secure, as far as possible, the living conditions of laborers working for German interests, in spite of the difficult conditions created by the war, and to increase production by means of wage regulations also in these territories. The coordination of these measures was achieved through agreements with the respective armament and agricultural agencies, as well as with the Reich Commissioner for Price Control.
Heil!
Yours faithfully and obediently,