 Göring met with other members of the Nazi leadership on 12 November to plan the next steps after the riot, setting the stage for formal government action.In the transcript of the meeting, Göring said,

I have received a letter written on the Führer's orders requesting that the Jewish question be now, once and for all, coordinated and solved one way or another...I should not want to leave any doubt, gentlemen, as to the aim of today's meeting.