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PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF
DOCUMENT NI-8796
PROSECUTION EXHIBIT
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TOP SECRET MEMORANDUM OF THE KRAUCH OFFICE,
15 OCTOBER 1939.
CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE
EXECUTION OF THE NEW MILITARY ECONOMIC
PRODUCTION PLAN |
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| Execution of the New Military Economic Production Plan of 12
July 1938, including the Rapid Plan (powder, explosives, chemical warfare
agents and preliminary products) of 13 August 1938 in the event of
mobilization |
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| Status on 15 October 1939 |
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Top Secret |
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Following the submission, at the end of August, of a survey
concerning execution in the event of mobilization in the fields of mineral oil,
buna, chemistry, light metals, and also the Rapid Plan (powder, explosives,
chemical warfare agents), the following summary gives a picture of the latest
state of planning and execution.
General
The basic
principles for execution in the event of mobilization have been retained in
their entirety, according to which the main stress is to be laid on those
building projects which could possibly start supplementary production within 1
year. Long-range projects have been postponed for the present.
The
whole iron quota of the new military economic production plan now has been
concentrated in one WROX * quota for the categories mineral oil,
buna, chemistry, and light metals, and has been made available by the Wehrmacht
in sufficient quantities for all practical purposes, in the same manner as
cement, wood, and nonferrous metals.
Allocation for the Rapid Plan
(powder, explosives, chemical warfare agents, and part of the preliminary
products) is made through the Ordnance Office of the Army High Command.
The rest of the preliminary products will be produced within the
chemical sector.
The details of the following memorandum have been
coordinated by the Military Economics Staff of the High Command of the
Wehrmacht and the Ordnance Office of the Army High Command, and there is
complete agreement concerning the individual categories and building projects.
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* Code name for allocations
of iron for building projects authorized by the Reich Office for Economic
Development in agreement with the Army Ordnance Office.
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