Protocol of meeting no. 12 of the Reichsverteidigungsausschuss (Reichs Defense Committee), 05/1936

Protocol of meeting no. 12 of the Reichsverteidigungsausschuss (Reichs Defense Committee), 05/1936 The meeting was conducted by Wilhelm Keitel, the chairman of the committee and chief of the Supreme Headquarters of the Armed Forces; Participating in the meeting were: Theodor Krancke, Alfred Jodl, senior officers of the Wehrmachtsamt and the Land Army, senior officers in the Luftwaffe, senior officers in the Kriegsmarine (German Navy), and Referenten (section managers) of government ministries and various government organizations; discussion regarding contact between the committee and the government of Prussia; evaluation of the situation in various areas, including the economy and supplies after the entry of German forces into the demilitarized area into which they were forbidden to enter (in the Rheinland area); missions imposed on the Reichsforstmeister (Reichs forestry head) and the Reichsstelle fuer Raumordnung, in the area of defense; situation regarding the transportation in Eastern Prussia and its military ramifications; definition of terms, in the area of the local command; coordination between the military command and the local civil administration; situation regarding legislation concerning national defense including legal arrangements for a military draft in times of peace and an updating of the draft order; housing of officials who must be near the headquarters during times of emergency; conduct of foreign trade during the war period; The document is part of the Evidence material at the Nuremberg Trial.