STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1566, sig. 109-4/1320

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English Translation

The situation in the various sectors of the clothing industry can be expected to deteriorate in terms of employment, since efforts are being made to free up certain quantities of tissue stocks stored in the textile industry of the protectorate for the supply of the rich. By allocating these quantities of tissue, the German companies, which were poorly ordered in the raw materials supply, could be encouraged in particular. Furthermore, homeworkers should also be encouraged, since the Mechanic enterprises are already better placed by Wehrmacht contracts. However, a preferred allocation to German establishments can only be made to the extent that they are able to deliver the quantities requested within the time limit. In the Sohirm industry, the complaints concerning the disadvantage of German establishments in the granting of permits for the purpose of export by the German authorities of the supervising body were remedied. Whereas it would also be useful to grant foreign exchange authorizations in the field of the upper-class industry ; whereas, at times, special control should be given; whereas the mining industry group is seeking a special quota for steel and iron for 1941, which is to be used exclusively for investment purposes of the Ostrava mines; This quota is to be used for the construction of new kcksofen groups. This is due to the fact that the Ostrava district supplies the coal most suitable for coking in the whole of Central Europe. It is mainly to be produced steel coke, which is of great importance for the war economy. Here, a number of important by-products /Benzol, Oele, tar, S zn