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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT R-124
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 48-A
SPEER’S MINUTES OF A CONFERENCE WITH HITLER ON 8 JULY 1943
Top Secret State Matter
Berlin, 10 July 1943
CONFERENCE WITH THE FUEHRER, 8 JULY 1943
17. The Fuehrer laid down in the coal discussion that 70,000 Russian prisoners of war fit for mining work should be sent each month to the mines. He also pointed out that an approximate minimum of 150,000-200,000 fit Russian prisoners of war must be earmarked for the mines in order to obtain the required number of men suitable for this work.
If the Russian prisoners of war cannot be released by the army, the male population in the partisan infested areas should without distinction be proclaimed prisoners of war and sent off to the mines.