Sentence:  Heydrich , in opening the Conference , followed the reasoning and even the phraseology of the order issued <WSD>earlier</WSD> by Goering which authorized the Final Solution as `` a complement to '' previous `` solutions '' for eliminating the Jews from German living space through violence , economic strangulation , forced emigration , and evacuation . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  earlier in time; previously