For the purpose of coordinated treatment of these problems, a medical officer of the Navy and a medical officer of the Luftwaffe will be assigned to work under him, the latter in the capacity of chief of staff. Fundamental problems pertaining to the Medical Service of the Waffen SS will be worked out in agreement with the Medical Inspectorate of the Waffen SS. 2. In the field of the Civilian Health Service, the State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior and Reich Chief for Public Health, Dr. Conti, is responsible for coordinated measures. For this purpose he has at his disposal the competent departments of the highest Reich authorities and their subordinate offices. 3. I empower Prof. Dr. Karl Brandt, subordinate only to me personally and receiving his instructions directly from me, to carry out special tasks and negotiations to readjust the requirements for doctors, hospitals, medical supplies, etc., between the military and the civilian sectors of the health and medical services. 4. My plenipotentiary for health and medical services is to be kept informed about the fundamental events in the Medical Service of the Wehrmacht and in the Civilian Health Service. He is authorized to intervene in a responsible manner. Fuehrer Headquarters, 28 July 1942 The Fuehrer ADOLF HITLER The Chief of the OKW KEITEL The Reich Minister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery DR. LAMMERS TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT NO-081 PROSECUTION EXHIBIT 6 SECOND FUEHRER DECREE, 5 SEPTEMBER 1943, CONCERNING THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES 1943 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART 1, PAGE 533 Second Fuehrer Decree of 5 September 1943, Concerning the Medical and Health Services In amplification of my decree concerning the Medical and Health Services of 28 July 1942 (RGBL. I, p. 515) I order: The Plenipotentiary for the Medical and Health Services, General Commissioner Professor Dr. med. Brandt is charged with centrally coordinating and directing the problems and activities of the entire Medical and Health Services according to instructions. In this sense this order applies also to the field of Medical Science and Research, as well as to the organizational institutions concerned with the manufacture and distribution of medical material. The Plenipotentiary for the Medical and Health services is authorized to appoint and commission special deputies for his spheres of action.