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a. Th e State Secretary for Aviation ras at the same time Inspeotor
G ener el , L u f t ra , f f e ( a l t hough t he L uf t Wa f f e I n s pe at or at e s wer e not I
under his command) . He ses red as deputy to the Commander in Chief ,
L u f t waf f e ; hi s oan depu t y was t h e Chi e f o f Ai r Def ens e . .
b . The Chi ef of t } e Op er a t i on s St af f Wa s aut oma t i aal l y Chi e f of t h e
I ftxa ffe General Staff . The office of the Quar t ermaster G enera l
*as subordinate to the Operationa Staff Chie f , as were all ths
General Staff branches .
The Chi ef o f t he L u f t waf f e Gene ra l St a f f x a s r e sp on s i bl e t o t h e
Command er i n Chi ef , Lu f t raf f e ,
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i n al l mat t er s hav i ng t o do wi t h
opera tions and in conneation With a11 orders and inst ructions of
operational nature issued to the troops . Ths Gen sral Staff Chief
* as r e q ui r ed t o ke ep t h e C ommand er i n Chi ef , L uf t ra f f e
i nf ormed
of operational activities at all times . lfter submiss ion of hio
reports to th e Commander in Chief , L u ftWa ffe , he ras re uired to
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- inf orm the St ate Secretary o f general development s. In all matters
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other than operational , the Chief of the General St aff submitted
hi s r epor t a t o th e C omms nd er i n Chi e f , L u f t Ra f f e ,
S e cr e t ar y , a s t h l a t t e r ' e r epr e s ent a t i v e .
t h r oug h t he St a t e
Tn t he ev ent t ha t t h e
Chi e f o f t h e Gene r a l St af f and t he St a t e Sec r e t s ry s houl d be o f
di f f er i ng opi ni on on any subj e c t ,
wi t h t he Comma . n der i n Chi e f , L u f t wa f f e .
t h ey di acu s s ed th e ma t t er t og e t h er
The Chi e f of th e Luf t waf f e Genc r al St af f det er mi n ed t he ap-
poin , tment of officers to th e General Sta ff it self as well as to
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other key positiona reserved f or G eneral Staff officers. The G eneral I
St af f Chi ef al so had a voi e e i n t he se l eet i on of of f i a rr s f or
attaahb positions and was permitted to ezpress any objeotions or
r e s erv a t i ons he mi gh t hav e ; hi s r e s er v a t i on s wer e pa e s ed on t o th e
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