 A separate committee was formed to organize the collection of food in the occupied territories, as per Herbert Backe's "Hunger Plan".It was tasked with ensuring that by 1942, the German armed forces would be fully nourished by the resources of the Soviet Union, without taking into account the needs of the Soviet population.In accordance with the order of the Supreme Command Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht Wilhelm Keitel (dated June 16, 1941), the main economic challenge for the territories seized from the Soviet Union, was described as "an immediate and full exploitation of the occupied areas in favor of the war economy of Germany, particularly in the areas of food and oil".