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(ii)Changes in chain of Command of GAP construction agencies,resulting from the assunption of their operational controlby the OT.(The changes are given in the form of a summary translation of adecree by GORING, (20 June 1944), effective 15 July.)w (i)"(ii)"(iii)All GAP construction agencies, establishments, depots,facilities equipment and building supplies, with the exceptionof Betriebsdienststellen (Administrative offices) andVermesdungsdienetstellen (Survey offices) have been removedfrom the jurisdiction of the Luftgaukoramando HQ and (throughthe Chief of the GAP Construction Branch) put at the disposalof the Chief of Amt Bau-OTZ.Personnel administration of GAP construction personnel(rations, clothing, billeting, pay, allowances, bonus, allotments).Excepted are: special task officers of the Truppensonderdienst(Special Service), Wehnnacht officers andWehrmachtsgef olge (Wehrmacht Auxiliary). These will remainunder GAP personnel administration. The above arrangementsremain, however, flexible; if found advantageous, feeding,clothing, and so forth of individual GAP constructionpersonnel and units will, on occasions, be provided by localGAP administrations.All personnel barracks and buildings permanently assigned foruse by GAP construction personnel are to be placed under OTadministration. At the present time, the Luftwaffe Bau Batland Luftwaffe Bau Ersatz-Batl (GAP Construction Bn andReplacement Bn) have been broken up to serve as replacementsfor combat personnel, and their places taken by OT personnel,"90. Navy Liaison.Navy Liaison AbbreviationsGNC - (Chief of Navy Construction: DORSCH)CND - (Chief of Naval Defences; WATZECKA)INC - (inspector of Naval Construction)BNC - (Bureau of Navy Construction)Administrative relations between the Luftwaffe' and the OT as describedabove generally held good also for relations between the Kriegsmarineand the OT provided the Marinebauamt is substituted for theLuftwaffe Feldbauamt, and similar substitutions are made on other levels.(The installation of coastal guns, however, provided an exception to theabove. In that case, the Marine Bauleitung (technical staff of MarineBauamt) would turn the blueprints over to the Pestungsbaupionierstabwhich would supervise the actual work of emplacement and installationas performed by the OT).On 20 July 1944 a decree issued by Gross-Admiral DflNITZ, similarto the Luftwaffe decree issued by GIBING- on 20 June, placed the Kriegsmarineconstruction agencies and equipment under the OT. MinisterialDirector DQBSCH, in his capacity of Chef des Amtes Bau-OTZ (Chief ofthe Bureau of Construction - OT Central HQ) in the Reichs Ministry forArmament and War Production, thus became more or less automaticallyalso Chef des Marine Bauwesens (Chief of Navy Construction).The following is a translated summary of the decree:­High Command1. The Chief of Amt Bau-OTZ (Bureau of Construction - OT CentralHQs) in the Ministry of Aimament and War Production as Chief ofNavy Construction takes over all Marine Baudienststellen (NavyConstruction Agencies;, equipment, etc.