It also vested Göring with complete authority to act on Hitler's behalf, if Hitler ever lost his freedom of action. After conferring with Koller and Hans Lammers, the state secretary of the Reich Chancellery, Göring concluded that by remaining in Berlin to face certain death, Hitler had incapacitated himself from governing. All agreed that under the terms of the decree, Göring had a duty to take power in Hitler's stead.[4]