STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1591, sig. 109-4/1345 (damaged)

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AUSTRIA TABAKWERKE A. G., VORMALS BLATT 3.- AUSTRIAL TOBAK-REGIE relations in the Czech directing companies are exactly familiar, on the other hand, have also learned the basics of modern manufacturing methods and are therefore ideally suited as a factory manager. The Czech tobacco industry would not be able to compete today against the advanced tobacco industry of the old kingdom. The machinery and other facilities of the government are largely outdated and the production process is often uneconomical. In order to rationalize the Czech government, considerable expenditure will be required. Whether the government has the necessary resources is unknown. Austria Tabakwerke A.G. However, it would be able to have the necessary investments, etc. carried out in the Czech factories. The summary of the Czech tobacco factories in the already existing Reichsgesellschaft is in the urgent interest of the Reich, because it guarantees that the Czech factories will be expanded into competitive and economic enterprises and thus secure the Reich. Ruif 38183