To the Reich Leader SS
Heinrich Himmler
Berlin
Dear Reich Leader,
Today I am fulfilling my obligation to report to you from time to time
about the state of my research work. In doing this I am, as before,
adhering to the procedure to report only if the matter is essential. The
fact that, after my most recent interview in July 1942, I could not do
so before today is due to temporary difficulties against which I myself
was powerless and with which I could not bother you, Reich Leader. I
mention as an example that only since February 1943 am I in possession
of an X-ray installation, which is of great value to my special
research. In spite of the short period of actually only 4 months, it is
already today possible to report to you the following:
_The method I contrived to achieve the sterilization of the female
organism without operation is as good as perfected. It can be performed
by a single injection made through the entrance of the uterus in the
course of the customary gynecological examination known to every
physician._—If I say that the method is “as good as perfected,” this
means: