Directive on the party leaders' control over relations between the party and government offices, and the hierarchy of the party leaders

DECREES OF THE DEPUTY OF THE FUEHRER [Unordnungen des Stellvertreters]
Edited 1937 in the Central Publishing House of the NSDAP, Franz Eher, Successor, Munich
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DIRECTIVE
The determination of the political trend of the NSDAP and its organizations as well as the subordinate affiliations is a sole function of the Fuehrer.
He has given me the responsibility of strict compliance with the political directives developed by him, by all organizations of the Party and for uniformity of political trends.
To guarantee this I decree as follows:
1. The political leadership within the Party and its political rëpresentation towards all offices, State or others, which are outside of the Party, lies solely and exclusively with the Hoheits-trager (bearers of sovereignty) which is to say with me, the Gauleiters (District Directors), Kreisleiters (County Directors), and Ortsgruppenleiters (Local Chapter Directors).
2. The Hoheitstrager only are entitled to make arrangements with State and other offices which are located within their respective zone of sovereignty based on the directives issued by the Fuehrer or by myself in his behalf. For the Gauleiter, these of-
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fices include the authorities of the provinces, county labor authorities, etc., within their jurisdiction even if they are located outside of the Gau concerned.
3. Representation towards the states located within a Gau or coinciding' with a Gau remains the responsibility of the respective Gauleiter.
4. I personally reserve for myself the representation of the Party in all matters concerning the Reich Government. This also applies to the representations of the Party towards the Government of those states which include more than one Gau, namely, Prussia and Bavaria. Therefore, the Hoheitstrager of the Party should hereafter forward all matters to me which concern the above named Government.
5. The departmental workers of the Party organization as well as Reich leaders, office directors, etc., as well as leaders of the SA, SS, HJ, and the subordinate affiliations, may not enter into binding agreements of a political nature with State and other offices except when so authorized by their Hoheitstrager.
6. In places where the territories of the units of the SA, SS, HJ, and the subordinate affiliations do not coincide with the zones of the Hoheitstrager, the Hoheitstrager will give his political directives to the ranking leader of each unit within his zone of sovereignty.
Munich, 25 October 1934.
. Signed Rudolf Hess