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March
13, 1941
Staff
Command Secret Document
Chief
Only
Only
Through Officer
High
Command of the Wehrmacht
WFST
[Armed Forces Operation Staff] Div. L (IV/Qu)
No.
44125/41 g.K.Chiefs
Orders
for Special Areas* in Connection with Directive No. 21
(Operation
Barbarossa)
...b)
Within the area of Army operations the Reichsfuehrer SS
will be entrusted, on behalf of the Fuehrer, with special
tasks for the preparation of the political
administration tasks which derive from the decisive
struggle that will have to be carried out between the two
opposing political systems. Within the framework of these
tasks, the Reichsfuehrer SS will act independently and on his
own responsibility. Apart from this, the executive power
vested in the Supreme Commander of the Army and in command
levels acting under his orders will not be affected. The Reichsfuehrer
SS will ensure that operations are not interfered with by the
execution of his tasks. Details will be worked out directly
between the High Command of the Army and the Reichsfuehrer
SS....
NOKW-2302.
*
Occupied Eastern Territories. |
