We reduce the problem of describing all \(\mathcal{M} f_m\)-natural operators transforming general affine connections on \(m\)-manifolds into general affine ones to the known description of all \(GL(\mathbf{R}^m)\)-invariant maps \(\mathbf{R}^{m*}\otimes \mathbf{R}^m\to \otimes^k\mathbf{R}^{m*}\otimes\otimes ^k\mathbf{R}^m\) for \(k=1,3\).