Top Secret
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The Reich Minister for Economy v Ld. 7/30287/42 g Rs II. Aug.
Berlin W 8 6 June 1942
Behrenstrasse 43
Phone: 16 43 51
Express Letter
5 Copies 5th Copy
To the Chief of the O.K.W. Administrative Office Attention: Ministerialrat BIEHLER o.V.i.A. Berlin W 35 Tie-pitzufer 72-76
Subject: Disposal of assets from the Occupation Cost Fund B
Your letter from 13 May 1942—2f 32 gK Beih. 1 WV (X6) 173-42 GKdos.
In answer to my letter of 25 April 1942-V Ld. 7/30183/42 g.Rs.-lOO Million R.M. were put at my disposal from the Occupation Cost Fund, by the Armed Forces High Command. This amount has already been disposed of except for 10 Million R.M. since the demands of the ROGES Raw-Material Trading Co. Inc. Berlin, for the acquisition of merchandise on the black market were very heavy. In order not to permit a stoppage in the flow of purchases which were made in the interest of the prosecution of the war, further amounts from the Occupation Cost Fund must be made available. According to reports by ROGES and by the Economic Bureau of the Military Commander in France, 30 million R.M. in French Francs are needed every 10 days for such purchases, according to reports by ROGES an increase of purchases is to be expected; therefore it will not be sufficient to have the remaining 100 million R.M. ready—according to my letter of 25 April 1942. Above this, an additional amount of 100 million R.M. will be necessary.
I request therefore with reference to my letter of 25 April
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1942—V. Ld. 7/30183/42 g.Rs. to grant the amount of Francs equivalent to 200 million R.M.
I request that arrangements as to how far the Minister of Finance is to participate in the disposal of this amount be made by your office. Copies of this letter will be forwarded to the Reichsmarschal of Greater Germany, Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan, the Reich Minister of Finance and the Foreign Office.
For [In Vertretung]
signed Dr. Landfried
TOP SECRET
To: The Foreign Office
Attention: Ministerialdirektor Wiehl o.V.i.A. Berlin W 8 Wilhelmstrasse
I am forwarding the above copy of my express letter to the Chief of the Armed Forces High Command for information. I request that the enclosed second copy be transmitted to the Armistice Delegation, department "Economy" in Paris.
For: (signed Dr. Landfried)
Request to the OKW for additional funds (in Francs, worth 200 million Marks) to be used to purchase supplies in the black market
Authors
Landfried (Dr., deputy of the Reich Minister for Economics)
Friedrich Landfried
German politician and jurist (1884-1952)
- Born: 1884-09-26 (Heidelberg)
- Died: 1952-12-31 (Hamburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: jurist; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/45242843
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000019186707
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-45242843
Date: 06 June 1942
Literal Title: Subject: Disposal of assets from the Occupation Cost Fund B
Defendant: Walther Funk
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2263
Citation: IMT (page 9123)
HLSL Item No.: 452846
Document Summary
PS-2263: Top secret letter Funk to Keitel re use of French occupation money by Germans for buying raw materials in black market
PS-2263: Letter from the Reich Ministry of economy to the chief of the Okw, 6 June 1942, requesting additional funds in French currency for buying up goods on the black market in France