 Even though a large number of important works have doubtless been removed recently from Holland, I believe that the trade still contains many objects which are desirable for the Führer's collection, and which may be acquired without foreign exchange.As a result of this, accounts of about 500,000 "Reichsmarks" were opened in Paris and Rome for Posse's personal use, and, around July 1940, he expanded the scope of the "Sonderauftrag Linz" into Belgium and the Netherlands when he established an office in The Hague as "Referent für Sonderfragen" (Adviser on "Special Questions").Posse was able to report to Bormann that as of March 1941 he had spent 8,522,348 "Reichsmarks" on artworks for the "Führermuseum".