English Translation

Copy TT Deutsche Reichsbahn Eisenbahnabteilungen Berlin W 8, the 3o. October 1944 of the Reichsverkehrsministerium L 2 g RyBm Berv lo4/g Gehelm An den Beauftragten des RVM (L) beim Deutschen Staatsminister für Böhmen und Mähren in P r a g Betr.: Personelle Vorbereitungen Beziehung: Fernverballe Ansetzung vom 26.Oktober 44 In the personnel preparations it is assumed first of all that during the strike of the railwaymen in the Protectorate also the rest of the population of the labour remains absent, so that in this case the economic traffic initially rests. For the time being, therefore, the personnel preparations may be limited to maintaining the operation on the routes on which Wehrmacht transports must be carried. For this purpose, the following routes will arrive in France: Dresden - Prague - Lundenburg Böhmisch Trübau - Olmütz - Prerau - Moravia Weißkirchen - Slovakian border Prerau – Lundburg Prague - Beneschau (force training ground) Prague - Pilsen (force exercise ground). We ask for as soon as possible to inform you which forces are needed to carry out the operation on these routes, broken down by sector, in the extreme case. These forces are to be provided first and in the case of loading. This restriction on the provision of forces for certain routes does not prevent further forces from being supplied if the need to do so arises from the development of the situation.