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G. LiaisonNote: As may be seen below, the OT, even though it is considered asbelonging to the "Wehrmacht, has established liaison with government andNazi party agencies without recourse to Army, Navy or Air Forcechannels. OT liaison with outside agencies will be studied under fourheadings:­a) Military b) Economic c) Political d) Operational.The need for OT liaison with military authorities, particularlythe Anny, is obvious. The need for economic liaison arose from thefact that the OT is classified as an essential industry within the comprehensivescheme of priority alloianents of supplies as administered bythe Reichaministerium fttr Rustung und Kriegsproduktion, (Ministry forArmament and War Production), and priority allotments of manpower asadministered by the Generalbevollmachtigte fttr den Arbeitseinsatz(Plenipotentiary-General for Manpower Allocation). The need for politicalliaison arose from the fact that for four years practically allof OT 1 s assignments were outside of the Reich, in either occupiedterritory or in satellite or protected countries, and involved theemployment of vast masses of foreign labour. Another important aspectwas counter-intelligence which in the case of the OT was politicalrather than military. The need for operational liaison arose from thefact that OT co-operated directly with such organizations as NSKK andTeno, for example. The economic, political and operational liaisonhas been further sub-divided into two types: German and foreigncollaborationist agencies.a) Military Liaison,86. Wehrmacht-QT (Germany) Liaison.At the present time all the construction facilities of the Wehrmachthave been put at the disposal of the OT. The working arrangementsare discussed in detail in sections below.The link between Amt Bau-OTZ and the OKW is established throughthe Rttstungaamt des Reichsministeriuma fttr Rtlstung und Kriegsproduktion.(Armament Bureau of the Ministry for Armament and War Production) alsocalled the SPEEEt Ministry. (The newly created Rtistungsstab (ArmamentStaff) in the same Ministry enters into liaison with Amt Bau-OTZ onlyin case of operational difficulties). The Armament Bureau was createdin May 1942 to act as a co-ordinating agency between the civilian SPEERMinistry and the now dissolved War Economy Bureau of the Armed ForcesCommand (Wehrwirtschaftsamt des OKW).The Armament Bureau Triiich started out as an agency of a militarycharacter, under the same command as the War Economy Bureau (Generalder infanterie THOMAS, later succeeded by Generalleutnant WAEGER, andfinally by General STAFF, has since been made part of the Zentralamt(Central Bureau) of the Ministry, and has lost much of its originalmilitary character as far as the composition of its personnel is concerned.The present head of the Bureau is likewise reported to be acivilian. Much the same may be said of the regional offices of theArmament Bureau -which are called Rttstungsinspektionen (Armament Inspectorate).It is these Inspectorates which are responsible for continuedefficiency in armament and war production in their individual regionsof control. These Inspectorates controlled regions which, originallybased on Wehrkreis boundaries, were recently modified to roughly comprisethe area covered by two Gaue.The regional production programme arid problems involving priorityof manpower atii material are discussed and decisions made at sittingsof Rttstungskomnissionen (Armament Conmissions), the composition ofwhich contains regional key officials, both civilian (Gau and Land)and military (Wehrkreis officials) and includes OT representatives.The military personnel is divided into three representative groups-.Army, Navy and Air Force. Originally only one Armament Camnission was-90­