English Translation

12 Division VI Food and Agriculture Prague, 6. 111. 1045 VI - R/3 - 130/45 g Secret To the head of the ministry in the H a u s e Subject: Presentation of the head VI to the Minister of State on 3.3.1945. 3.) The Minister of the State agreed with the representatives of the Reich on the utilization of about 40,000 cattle. The animals are then transferred to the Protectorate for the supply of the meat market. Compulsory deliveries are suspended for the time being and, if necessary, increased accordingly with the necessary return to the Reich. All migratory animals (axes and cows) are exempt from slaughter with regard to the great need to be expected at the reconquest of the east from slaughter, as well as healthy cattle and sheep capable of feeding. An unpleasant companion of the cattle feed into the protectorate is the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. F