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areas within the Reich; (3) Einsatzgruppe Italy; and (4)
Einsatzgruppe Wiking (Norway and Denmark)* The extent of the zone
may be changed at the discretion of the Wehrmacht. That part of
the Organization which is. not active in front zone is not designated
Front-OT, and its skilled personnel receive only such specialist pay
above their basic pay as is uniformly regulated by the Plenipotentiary
General for Manpower Allocation^ SAUCKEL) for all labour in Germany.
And inasmuch as the OT has always distinguished between Fronteinsatz
(Service performed in the operational area) and Heimatseinsatz (Service
in the zone of the interior), there is consequently no basis forassuming
that the OT has been reduced either in sphere of authority or
in strength of personnel. Nor is there any basis for assuming that
there has been a partial dissolution of the OT. All indications
point to the contrary. It is well to remember, however, that even
in the Zone of the Interior, the OT is, in respect to manpower priority,
classified as a vital industry.
21. HITLER'S Decree of 24th August 1944
DECREE OP THE FttHRER CONCERNING THE WAR COMMITMENT CF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES FOR CONSTRUCTION 24th August 1944
(See above IB 19)
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The Reich Minister for Armament and War Production and Chief of
Organisation Todt henceforth heads the war activities of the
Administrative Agencies for Construction. I empower him to issue
directives for the above purpose to all administrative National
Municipal construction agencies of Greater Germany and incorporated
territories. He may dispose over the personnel and facilities of
these agencies according to his Judgment.
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The administrative organisation remains unchanged by thus being
placed on a war footing.
II
The decisions under paragraph I apply also to state-controlled public
corporations insofar as they have administrative agencies of their own.
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The Reich Minister for Armament and War Production and Chief of
the OT will issue, henceforth, the legal and administrative regulations
necessary for carrying out and amplifying the above decree in agreement
with the Plenipotentiary General for the Administration of the Reich
(HTMM1ER).
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IV.
This decree lapses at the end of the war.
Fflhrer HQ. 24th August 1944,
The Ftlhrer.
Adolf HITLER.
Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery, Dr. LAMMERS.
22. SFEER's Decree of l6th October 1944
FIRST EXECUTIVE CRDEE FOLLOWING THE DECREE OF THE FOHRER
CONCERNING THE WAR COMMITMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES.
FOR CONSTRUCTION l6th October 1944
(See above IB 19)
With reference to paragraph III of the Ftthrer's Decree
Concerning the War Conmitment of the Administrative Agencies for