and manganese ore in the Caucaus, ect. (principal fields at Baku and Grozny, with direct pipe line to Tuapse on the Black Sea-good gasoline). In the main, the centers of the railroad system (Minsk, Kiev, Karkov, Rostov and Stalingrad) are to be seized first, as well as the main industrial centers, such as Yekaterinoslav and the don area in southern Russia, the middle amd southern Urals, the Kuznetsk region, as well as Kiev and evirons, if the offensive thrust leads more smoothly and more quickly to the objective set than in the North. 2. After the liquidation of the "last soldier" on the continent, the machinery for the "new order in Europe" will be set in motion, that is , all economic production of agriculture and industry will be employed for the benefit of Germany, according to the objectives set, the status of needs and the urgency of military requirements, the domestic needs of the conquered states, the eastern states in particular, being relegated to the background. In addition to the mineral wealth and other products, the demobilized labor forces will be utilized fully for the benefits of Germany. 3. By midsummer the fresshly reenforced defensive front is to be established along the Atlantic Ocean(Belgium, Holland, |