Berlin-Steglitz Grunewaldstr. 35 19 Feb 43 Pres. Reich Research Counsel Head of Executive Counsel To the Surgeon General SS and Police SS Lt. Gen. Prof. Dr. Grawitz The Head of Executive Counsel of the Reich Research Counsel Berlin W. 15 The Reich minister of finance told me that you requested 53 leading positions (BES. GR C3-C8) for your office, partly for a new research institute. After the Reichsmarshall of the Great-German Reich had, as President of the Reich Research Counsel, taken over all German research, he issued directives, among other things, that in the execution of militarily important scientific tasks, the available. institutions, including equipment and personnel, should be utilized to the utmost for reasons of necessary economy of effort. The founding of new institutes is therefore only possible in as far as there are no institutes available for the furtherance of important war research tasks. As I don't know your personal purpose and have insufficient information from the explanation the Reich finance minister gave me about the planned institute, I would be thankful if you would further explain your plans and purposes. I will gladly be at the disposal of one of your co-workers for an interview or would be ready to call upon you personally. I wish you would inform me as to when and where these discussions may take place. Heil Hitler! [rubber stamp] Signed: Mentzel Ministerialdirektor SS Major General SECRET 19 Feb. 1943 REICH RESEARCH COUNSEL Rf. 232/43 Sr. To the Reich Minister of Finance Head of Executive Counsel of the Reich Research Counsel Berlin W. 8 Wilhelmplatz 1-2 You notified me on the 19th Dec. (J4761-174 I g III, Ang) concerning the research work by the Surgeon General SS and Police, and asked me what stand I take. Since the work of the state chief of research started originally in the armament department, I was unable to clear up any questions pertaining to the medical department, which came up in the last weeks. shall do so in the near future, and I believe I can already say that the new institutes requested by the surgeon general of SS and police will be unnecessary since other institutes can cover these planned missions. I shall have a conference with the surgeon general SS and police pertaining to details of this planned work and, at that time, I shall let you know what my final stand will be. I would like to suggest, therefore, to defer the decisions at this time. In this connection I state that the health officer, State Secretary Conti approached the president of the research counsel requesting funds to establish an institute for virus research in Frankfurt on Main. Investigations to date have shown that the institute is not necessary since the planned work can, without doubt, be done * Berlin-Steglitz Grunewaldstr. 35 19 Feb 43 Pres. Reich Research Counsel Head of Executive Counsel To the Surgeon General SS and Police SS Lt. Gen. Prof. Dr. The Head of Executive Counsel of the Reich Research Counsel Berlin W. 15 The Reich minister of finance told me that you requested 53 leading positions (BES. GR C3-C8) for your office, partly for a new research institute. After the Reichsmarshall of the Great-German Reich had, as President of the Reich Research Counsel, taken over all German research, he issued directives, among other things, that in the execution of militarily important scientific tasks, the available institutions, including equipment and personnel, should be utilized to the utmost for reasons of necessary economy of effort. The founding of new institutes is therefore only possible in as far as there are no institutes available for the furtherance of important war research tasks. As I don't know your personal purpose and have insufficient information from the explanation the Reich finance minister gave me about the planned institute, I would be thankful if you would further explain your plans and purposes. I will gladly be at the disposal of one of your co-workers for an interview or would be ready to call upon you personally. I wish you would inform me as to when and where these discussions may take place. Heil Hitler! [rubber stamp] Signed: Mentzel Ministerialdirektor SS Major General SECRET 19 Feb. 1943 REICH RESEARCH COUNSEL Rf. 232/43 Sr. To the Reich Minister of Finance Head of Executive Counsel of the Reich Research Counsel Berlin W. 8 Wilhelmplatz 1-2 You notified me on the 19th Dec. (J4761-174 I g III, Ang) concerning the research work by the Surgeon General SS and Police, and asked me what stand I take. Since the work of the state chief of research started originally in the armament department, I was unable to clear up any questions pertaining to the medical department, which came up in the last weeks. But I shall do so in the near future, and I believe I can already say that the new institutes requested by the surgeon general of SS and police will be unnecessary since other institutes can cover these planned missions. I shall have a conference with the surgeon general SS and police pertaining to details of this planned work and, at that time, I shall let you know what my final stand will be. I would like to suggest, therefore, to defer the decisions at this time. In this connection I state that the health officer, State Secretary Conti approached the president of the research counsel requesting funds to establish an institute for virus research in Frankfurt on Main. Investigations to date have shown that the institute is not necessary since the planned work can, without doubt, be done Wilhelmplatz 11⁄2 Tel. 120015 Postal Check Acct. Berlin Nr. 25955 Assumption of Research Mission By the Surgeon General SS and Police The surgeon general SS and police has requested 53 key positions for the new organization of his office (Bes. Gr. C3-38). The organization plan shows that the surgeon general SS and police plans not only special experts for "Research" in pharmaceutical chemistry, in dental and clinical services and a special section of scientific service, but also that plans are desired for a string of institutes which likewise deal mainly with research work: 1. Central Institute for Medical Scientific Exploitation 2. Institute for the History of Medicine Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Institute 3. 4. In the informal discussions it was referred to the fact that the plans for the research arrangements for the Waffen-SS can only |