Note for the files
1. On 4 January 1943 at 8 P. M. Minister Speer telephones from the Fuehrer Headquarters and communicates that on the basis of the Fuehrer's decision, it is no longer necessary to give special consideration to Frenchmen in the further recruiting of specialists and helpers in France. The recruiting can proceed with emphasis and sharpened measures.
2. Commissar-General Schmidt with the Reich Commissar in Holland just telephones on 5 January 1943 at 5:20 P. M. and explains that on the basis of Armament Action 1943 he must achieve more recruiting in Holland.
3. He has been criticized by the armament Commissions regarding the endangering of German contracts in Holland proper due to labor shortage.
' I told him that no attention would be paid these criticisms.
He has already taken the same attitude and in the future will take the appropriate action.
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(signed) SAUCKEL