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taxes, etc. In recognition of the leadership principle, Herr von Bohlen will himself take the chair at all committees with the proviso that he will appoint deputies and assumes responsibility for decisions.

Upon conclusion of further negotiations with the Reich Commissioners, and upon completion of a final plan for the reorganization of the industrial association system, the authoritative bodies will be called to a special meeting. The task of this meeting will be to create a valid basis for the new organization of the Reich Association of German Industry.*

The Reich Association clearly realizes that the whole work of reform must be carried out on the one hand on the basis of the creative powers of the individual in the field of enterprise and labor, and on the other hand in recognition of the basic principle of the national idea and national responsibility, and that its success is not conditioned by the outer form of the organization in itself, but by the spirit in which the synthesis is found between political leadership and economic necessity, for the ultimate good of the state and the people.
 
 
  PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT WIR-51
GENERAL DEFENSE EXHIBIT 242
 
EXTRACTS FROM LAW RELATING TO TREASON
AGAINST THE GERMAN ECONOMY 
 
REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 360 
 
Law Relating to Treason Against the German Economy,
Issued 12 June 1933 
 
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The Reich Government has enacted the following law, which is herewith promulgated: 
 
Article 1 Assets Subject to being Reported

(General) 
 
(1) Subject to being reported are —

1. Assets which on 1 June 1933 were located in foreign countries; had a total value of more than one thousand reichsmarks; were subject to property taxes; but which, before 1 June 1933, were not reported to the Internal Revenue Office [Finanzamt] by either the taxpayer, or the person responsible for discharging the duties of the taxpayer.

2. Foreign exchange which, before 1 June 1933, had a value
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* The Reich Association of German Industry later (1934) became the Reich Group Industry which was organized according to the Leadership Principle ("Fuehrerprinzip").  



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