Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV
Document No. 2031-PS
TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2031-PS
1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 112
Decree Concerning the Establishment of a Secret Cabinet Council dated 4 Feb. 1938
To advise me in conducting the foreign policy I am setting up a secret cabinet council.
As president of the secret cabinet council, I nominate:
Reichsminister Freiherr von Neurath
As members of the secret cabinet council I nominate:
Reichsminister of the Exterior Joachim von Ribbentrop
Prussian prime Minister, Reichsminister of the Air, Supreme Commander of the Air Forces, General Field Marshall Hermann Goering
The Fuehrer's Deputy, Reichsminister Rudolf Hess
Reichsminister for the enlightenment of the people and of propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels
Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellory, Dr. Hans-Heinrich Lammers
The Supreme Commander of the Army, General Walther von Brauchitsch
The Supreme Commander of the Navy, Grand Admiral Dr. (honorary) Erich Raeder
The Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Keitel
The current affairs of the secret cabinet council are handled by the Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery.
Berlin, 4 February 1938
The Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery
Dr. Lammers
Source:
Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV
Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality
Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946
|
