Declaring that the Minister of Agriculture, Herr Walter Darre, had stored stocks of corn, the Field Marshal stated that he himself had stored food.
"Surplus supplies this year are sufficient to cover the wants of the population for several years," he said "Even in the event of a poor harvest, our stocks are sufficient to compensate for the eventual deficit."
He added that the Four-Year Plan aimed at ensuring the security of the Reich which was independent from the rest of the world and thereby able to make her honour respected.
He announced the suppression of certain restrictive measures, and added that Germany had stocked reserves of animal fat, potatoes, and preserved fish, "All storehouses are filled," he said. "The German people have nothing superfluous but lack nothing.
He added that industrial products had also been stocked to face an eventual blockade and declared that German industrial potentialities were increasing every year.
"I Want Everything"
"I am asking everyone to lose nothing," he said. "Don't throw anything away, including paper, tin plates, and metal corks of mineral water bottles. I want everything."
The Field-Marshal hailed German
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