1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 112
Decree Concerning the Establishment of a' Secret Cabinet Council dated 4 Feb. 1938
To advise me in conducting the foreign policy I am setting up a secret cabinet council.
As president of the secret cabinet council, I nominate: Reichsminister Freiherr von Neurath As members of the secret cabinet council I nominate :
Reichsminister of the Exterior Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Prussian Prime Minister, Reichsminister of the Air, Supreme Commander of the Air Forces, General Field Marshall Hermann Goering The Fuehrer's Deputy, Reichsminister Rudolf Hess Reichsminister for the enlightenment of the people and of propaganda, Dr. Joseph Goebbels Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellory, Dr. Hans-Heinrich Lammers
The Supreme Commander of the Army, General Walther von Brauchitsch
The Supreme Commander of the Navy, Grand Admiral Dr. (honorary) Erich Raeder The Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Keitel
The current affairs of the secret cabinet council, are handled by the Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery.
Berlin, 4 February 1938
The Fuehrer and Reichs Chancellor
Adolf Hitler
The Reichsminister and Chief of the Reichs Chancellery
Dr. Lammers
Decree establishing a Secret Cabinet Council to advise Hitler on foreign policy, with a list of its members
Authors
Adolf Hitler (Fuehrer, Reich Chancellor, Supeme Commander of Wehrmacht)
Adolf Hitler
Austrian nationalized German politician, leader of the National Socialist party and dictator of Germany (1889-1945)
- Born: 1889-01-01 1889-04-20 (Braunau am Inn) (country: Austria-Hungary; located in the administrative territorial entity: Archduchy of Austria above the Enns; statement is subject of: Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus)
- Died: 1945-04-30 (Berlin Führerbunker) (country: Nazi Germany; located in the administrative territorial entity: Berlin; statement is subject of: death of Adolf Hitler)
- Country of citizenship: Cisleithania (period: 1889-04-20 through 1918-11-11); First Republic of Austria (period: 1919-01-01 through 1925-04-30); Nazi Germany (end cause: death of Adolf Hitler; period: 1933-01-30 through 1945-04-30); Republic of German-Austria (period: 1918-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
- Occupation: painter (statement is subject of: paintings by Adolf Hitler); political writer; politician (reason for preferred rank: generally used form); soldier
- Member of political party: German Workers' Party (period: 1919-09-12 through 1921-07-11); Nazi Party (series ordinal: 556)
- Member of: Nazi Party
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Beer Hall Putsch; The Holocaust; ethnic cleansing
- Significant person: Albert Speer; Benito Mussolini; Eva Braun; Joseph Stalin
Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)
Hans H. Lammers
German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)
- Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
- Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
- Member of: Schutzstaffel
- Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)
Date: 04 February 1938
Literal Title: 1938 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Decree concerning the setting up, of a secret cabinet Council dated 4 Feb. 1938
Defendants: Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Rudolf Hess, Wilhelm Keitel, Constantin Neurath, von, Erich Raeder, Joachim Ribbentrop, von
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2031
Citation: IMT (page 1697)
HLSL Item No.: 451297
Notes:This document was presented for judicial notice concerning the Cabinet and related bodies. The council was headed by von Neurath and included Ribbentrop, Goering, Hess, Raeder, and Keitel, among others. Another copy was entered as UK exhibit 217.
Document Summary
PS-2031: Fuehrer decree, co-signed by LAMMERS, 4 February 1938: