PART 35

Received 4 December 1942 at 16 - - o’clock from AA Berlin by Mk.

[Rubber Stamp] German Armistice Delegation for Economy Wiesbaden 4 December 1942 No. 399 top secret

Telegram from Foreign Office, Berlin to German Armistice Delegation for Economy Paris

Citissime

Telegram (Secret, coded, Verf) No. 352 of 4 Dec.

Secret

Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs has ordered the submission of a vote with reasons, _whether_ the _French potential can bear_ the increase of occupation cost payments, demanded by us. One must if possible gain clarification before a decision, whether for instance as result of black market purchasing actions, a development would be started, which would lead to Greek conditions.

Request _by return_ that _documents and standpoint, necessary_ for vote, is wired, if _necessary_ in connection with _military commander_ and _Embassy_.

/s/ Wiehl.

decoded: Buehler

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