Berlin, Aug. 31.
Having conferred with Herr Hitler again today, Herr Albert Foerster, Nazi Gaulelier and Head of the Danzig State, lett for the Free City this afternoon.
Immediate convocation of the Reichstag was not yet foreseen in authoritative quarters, Sweeping powers similar to the Fuchrer's own were given the new Council of Reich Defence announced by decree yesterday. Main privilege conferred is the power to issue decrees simultaneously with Herr Hitler and even when the Fuehrer does not issue any. The decree was signed by Herr Adolf Hitler, with the Signatures of Fieldmarshal Hermann Goering and Dr. Hans Lammers attached. Authoritative quarters declared that this measure aimed to Secure concentration of and cooperation among all national forces, military, economic and financial, and was a measure of precaution to face any emergency—Havas.
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