THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, INV. 1490, sig. 109-4/1244

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MINISTERY OF THE INNER PRAG VII- SOMMERBERGSTRASSE 67. - FERNSPECHER 7774I-9. 4000/800/42-I/1. 17.Fabruar 42. Nr.... PRAG, den.. 19. To His High-Wohlborn, Büco The State Secretary at the Reichspeotektor Dr. G i e s , Ia Guhmon vnd maheen Eing. 18.FED.1942 4-Obersturmbannführer, in P r a g IV, Czerninpalais. Your High-Wish-born, referring to my last letter of January 14, 1942, Z.1458/42-11, I have the honour to say that in the period from January 6, 1942 to February 14, 1942 the supply of food to the population was generally satisfactory. Individual deficiencies reported by the district authorities were not so significant this time and are related both to the general situation and to the winter time (snow drifts, etc.). Thus, e.g. the district authority in Brandeis a.d.E., Chotieborsch, Hohen- mauth, Kralup a.s.M. and Strakonitz reported a certain lack of butter, especially among the self-sufficient. For the rest of the population in these districts, the allocation was on average only 75 %. The Bohemian-Märischrn Association for Milk and Fats is known for this fact, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is trying to remedy the situation within the given possibilities. The same applies to meat; here the district authorities in Hohenmauth, LO report