I note the following concerning the individual drafts:

1. Draft (a)—In this draft I have summarized those regulations from the draft of an order concerning court organization in the Incorporated Eastern Territories which I had dispatched together with a letter dated 26 October 1939—Ia-9-1961, according to which the district court of appeal at Marienwerder is to be abolished. At the same time the draft contains the measures necessary in this connection, and those for the relevant delineation of the court districts in the territory of the former Free City of Danzig.

2. Draft (b)—This draft regulates the court organization in the Incorporated Eastern Territories, with the exception of the territory of the former Free City of Danzig; at the same time it introduces court constitutional regulations, valid in the old Reich, into these parts of the territory.

3. Draft (c)—Reference to article 1—The temporary modifications of the law concerning criminal procedure contained in article 1, II, Nos. 1 and 2, are expressly desired by both Reich governors, and are essential with regard to the special circumstances in the Incorporated Eastern Territories.

The modification of the regulation of the Special Court dated 21 March 1933[318] provided for in article 1, IV, entitles the Special Courts in the Incorporated Eastern Territories temporarily to assume the character of a civilian court martial to a still greater extent.

Reference to articles 5 and 7—As, according to article 5, the execution of punishment is provided for to a certain extent on the basis of Polish verdicts, a reopening of the trial must be rendered possible for which German law is applicable. In addition there is a necessity to carry out anew legally closed Polish criminal proceedings in cases which have to be given special consideration. However, this should only occur in accordance with my order as set forth in article 5, section 2.

Reference to article 6—The regulation shall make it possible that dangerous habitual criminals and dangerous sexual criminals be rendered harmless by the subsequent order for protective custody or castration.

Reference to article 10—Thus, the actual German criminal law is also declared applicable to those crimes which were committed before the decree became effective in the Incorporated Eastern Territories. But in accordance with article 1, II, number 1, prosecution need not be enforced; also the public prosecutor only prosecutes if public interest requires subsequent punishment.

In consideration of the fact that the introduction of German law in the Incorporated Eastern Territories is imperative for reasons of legal security, may I request that the affair be expedited?

As deputy