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sentatives present, work with municipalities (repair and maintenance of public utilities, for example), etc. Most of the camps have a theater or community hall where plays and concerts are given. As might be expected, the stateless groups are more energetic in attempting to care for themselves; White Russians and Balts are outstanding in their efforts to be absorbed into the population.

Results of Liaison
The Co-ordinating Board at Kassel has aided in the establishment of a close and effetive liason between UNRRA in the camps and Military Government, which considers itself under pressure to avoid problems tending to jeopardize the mission of handling the Germans. Through the medium of the Co-ordinating Board, all of the resources of the Regierungsbezirk detachment are brought to bear on the DP situation. The representative of the Military Government Warehouse, for example, is able to gauge the CAMG supplies (such as meat, flour, biscuits, pulses, marmalade, coffee, sugar, salt, and chocolate) which he will be called on to supply. The Food and Agriculture Officer, present at the same meetings, knows how many potatoes, fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grain cereals he will have to call forward from German sources; Public Health, concerned with all these problems, is in a position to help in weighing the needs for clothing (obtainable from the Military Government Warehouse at Darmstadt, the UNRRA warehouse at Hanau, and Class II and IV Dumps at Giessen). Comforters from Army stocks are available through the Kassel Warehouse. German sources are called on to supply winterizing materials.
The Co-ordinating Board also participates in the weekly UNRRA meeting for all Assembly Center Directors, and their Supply Officers. This meeting usually divides itself into three separate parts; a discussion, led by the Board, of DP problems, directives, and priorities; co-ordinating plans for movements, redistribution of population and Assembly Center administration; and UNRRA affairs, which is led by the Regierungsbezirk UNRRA director and his staff. Policies developed by the Board can thus be explained and implemented for the whole Kassel area.
Centralization of control of the DP situation from a command standpoint is parallelled by the channeling of requirements, resulting in a more efficient supply procedure since the Regierungsbezirk needs can be blocked out as a unit. Consolidation of requests and requisitions has saved a great deal of time and energy, and has resulted in a more efficient handling of priorities, procurements, and transport.

FRAGEBOGEN BUCK SLIP
SPECIAL Branch in the Military Government Detachment for RB Kassel has developed a buck slip to be attached to Fragebogen, providing background material essential for processing. It has proven itself a great time and labor-saving device. It was instituted to prevent confusion arising daily when the functional sections would send in stacks of Fragebogen with notes attached which merely requested that the subjects be investigated. The result of this casual procedure was that invariably Special Branch had to shoot the Fragebogen back to the functional Sections for more information.
The buck slip (not to be made out unless applicant is employed or desired to fill a definite position) provides for the following information : Name; Whether subject is an applicant for a job or already employed; Civil services grade, if known; Starting salary and title of