English Translation

Opheyderite greriais leitobschnitt Because OF RIA 6 JAN 1942 TABAKWERKE A.G., VORMALS AUSTRIATIC TOBAKREGIE VIENNA 66,. PORZELLANGASSE 51. DRATHANSCHRIFTEOEbeILEE: TABAkREGIe VIENA. A.B.C. CODE BTH ED. FERNRUF: A-19-5-90 VIENENNA, 26.11.1941 PRESENT STANDARD NOTE. 1087 dysiz Betr.: Czech tobacco industry. The development of the political conditions in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia suggests that in the foreseeable future the exercise of sovereign rights will be transferred from the Czech authorities to German authorities. In connection with this, it will also be necessary to decide on the future fate of the Czech tobacco regime.The introduction of German customs and tobacco tax legislation in the Protectorate has already stripped the Czech Tobacco regime of its character as a state monopoly. Mr Reichsprotector has already initiated an audit of this company by Deutsche Revisions- und Treuhand A.G., which at the time also examined the Austrian tobacco industry, in order to gain the basis for the restructuring of the Czech tobacco industry. The continuation of the Czech directing companies as a German state enterprise is not possible, as technically suitable German officials are not available for this. The future supply of tobacco products to the regions of Bohemia and Moravia would have to be left either to private capital or to a private-law-run Reichsgesellschaft. The involvement of private capital (Tabakin- dustrie des Altreichs) would inevitably result in the loss of the