Do we see the Germans taking colonies from France, Belgium, and the Netherlands here? May be they just want those states to act as fronts, with lots of German investors and board members who make sure Germans got a large amount of raw goods and luxuries.
the most cynical plan ... the Dutch and Belgians pay ... while British and French keep their colonial empires? of course Nazi regime did not have a plan only vague ideas (at best) of Vichy continued control over French colonies?
be like chess pieces to settle between Japan, Italy, and Vichy. if they had strategic plan they would want to retain Surinam and Greenland (for bauxite and cryolite mines)