REICH AIR MINISTRY
PRESIDED OVER BY FIELD MARSHAL MILCH
Herr Saur does not appear until towards the end of the meeting.
Wegener: I have a question for Schmelter: Has the question of the transfer of west European workers been settled?
Werner: On this I can say that especially for the Bavarian Motor Works matters are particularly difficult because we can transfer only Russians and concentration camp inmates, and the staff used for supervision consists mostly of Belgians and Frenchmen.
Kreutz: Mueller declared at one time—and he believed he could do it—that he would try and shift a part of the head personnel within the concern.
Schaede: If you bring the French key personnel to Lorraine, I can guarantee you that they would run away within the shortest possible time. That must be told to the firm. Even now they do not return from their vacation.
Milch: It will work only if we place these people into barracks. It is true we cannot treat them as prisoners of war; the outward appearance must be different, but in actual practice that is just what it must be.