the “Great European Economic Sphere” must embrace almost the entire continent, which should confront the other economic blocs as a solid unit. The clear result is that the foundation of autarky will … be extended to the whole Sphere. … Certainly one has to reckon with a considerable reduction in armament, even with the maintenance of a very strong military. … Peacetime economic prospects are assessed so favorably, however, that further accelerated expansion is to be expected in the vast majority of fields. … This creates for industry the extraordinarily important and equally difficult task of keeping pace through private-sector initiative without abandoning private-sector caution and responsibility. It will not always be easy to do both, for if, rightly or wrongly, the initiative and tempo of expansion on a private economic basis become viewed as inadequate, then the danger of not only a planned but also a state-imposed system will be strengthened. … [T]he tendency expressed by the Hermann-Göring-Works will be reinforced yet again if business does not exploit its chances sufficiently.