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of the OBL cuts across two or more Kreise, the OT-Frontftthrer(OBL level) is appointed to the staff of one of the Kreisobmaftnerby conmon agreement. As OBL Betriebsobmann, he is the (DAF) Leaderof all OT-f irms situated in an OBL, and in that capacity he isalso the "Beauftragte der NSDAP", Deputy for the OBL. Inaddition, he i s 02 Inspector for his area, of the D/F Centralinspectorate, Welfare and Indoctrination of non-German DAF Members.TheOT administration of Frontftthrung ceases at OBL level.Frontftthrung of Bauleitungen, Abschnittsbauleitungen, andindividuaTFirms is entrusted to a Frontftthrung staff composedmainly of OT-firm personnel, and headed by a Frontftthrer wi-til theDAF rank of Betriebso bmann.(ii)SS, SA and SD.Basic SS-OT liaison operated at OBL level in France, as itdoes at the present day in Germany, provided conditions there aresufficiently stable to allow the establishment of OBL administrativeHQ. ' An official outline of the functions of an SS-OT Verbindungsftthrer(SS Liaison Officer) attached to an OBL is gp.ven inthe following: ­1. Apprehension of political offenders.2. Responsibility for internal-external security and theprevention of sabotage.3. Control of and issue of personal passes, identificationcards, etc.4. Responsibility for the safe-keeping of classifieddocunents.5. Responsibility for the safe-keeping of explosives.6. Preferring of charges in cases of embezzlement.7. Preferring of charges in cases of corruption.8. Setting in motion the procedure for the apprehensionof deserters.9. Acting as liaison between theOT and Police authorities,SD (Security Service) etc.The above functions are limited in practice to routine policeduties. For example, a fearless and conscientious SS-OT LiaisonOfficer could, in theory, go to the length of bringing charges of"running a local black market" against some influential partymember in a highly placedOT post. What is more likety to happenhowever, is that the SS officer will turn over evidence placed in'his hand's to the SD Aussenstelle in his sector. It follows,therefore, that he is not usually expected to uproot irregularitiesof the above type, nor has he normally the necessary age fitsprovocateursat his disposal. Likewise it is the SD' s functionsrather than those of SS to discover enemy agents or covertinimical elements amongst workers, especially foreign OT workers.This is done by the classic procedure of planting an SD Vertrau- *nsmann (Confidential or Undercover agent or Agent-Provocateur—commonly abbreviated V-Mann) amongst worker groups. In thisconnection French agents working for SD and Abwehr (Counterintelligence)were exempted from French Labour conscription. Tomake such exemptions inconspicuous, French agents were ostensiblygiven OT besonderes Vorhaben (OT Special Building Projects, V-103­*»/