Reference: Letter of 16 March 1942—Reich Chancellery 2477 B.
1 enclosure
I enclose for your information a copy of my decree of 28 May 1942, by which I, in agreement with the Reich Minister and the Chief of the Presidential Chancellery, delegated the exercise of the right of pardon in the case of Poles and Jews sentenced by general courts in the Incorporated Eastern Territories to the Reich governors and provincial presidents of these provinces for the duration of the war.
The Acting Minister
[Signed] Dr. Schlegelberger
[Handwritten notes]
1. Submitted to the Reich Minister.
[Initial] L [Lammers] 6 June
2. File!
[Initial] Kr [Kritzinger] 3 June