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| TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NI-934 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 478 |
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| DRAFT OF A DIRECTIVE PROPOSED BY DEFENDANT STEINBRINCK FOR ISSUANCE BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR THE FOUR YEAR PLAN, 6 DECEMBER 1939, AND TRANSMITTED TO THE CHIEF OF GOERING'S PERSONAL STAFF, DR. GRITZBACH | |
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Berlin 6 December 1939 |
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| Minister President Field Marshal Goering Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan |
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| As I have been informed, the
negotiations between Harpen Bergbau A.G. and the Hermann Goering Works on the
exchange of soft coal for brown coal ordered by me, have brought about
agreement on the fundamental points, but the conclusion of the agreement has
not yet come about on account of differences of opinion on a series of details.
Since the transfer [Abgabe] of both groups of pits from the property of the Harpener Bergbau A.G. in order to furnish the required soft coal supply for the Hermann Goering Works is an indispensable state-political necessity [unumgaengliche staatpolitische Notwendigkeit], I consider it of importance — especially, to avoid a renewed directive in this respect — that the negotiations are, if possible, concluded this week. I have issued identically worded instructions [Weisung] to the chairman of the managing board of the Hermann Goering Works [Paul Pleiger]. |
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