English Translation

20 The German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia. VII / b - 3120 - 2 Prague,30 October 1943 Elng.: 16. NOV. 1943 Confidential n : the main abstentions Departments Message: the ministry to the representative of the Foreign Office the work area "Oberste Rechnungskontrolle" the Oberlandrats-Inspekteureure- the commander of the police order the commander the security police and the SD the commissioner of the Reichskommissar for the consolidation of German peoples the general officer for the overlocal air protection the Chief Finance President the Supreme Court President the Attorney General the Curator of the German scientific university Hochschu= len in Prague the Curarator of the Deutschen technische Hochshu= le in Brno the Party liaison office the Wehrmacht authorized to the Reichsprotek= gate and commander in the Weir district Bohemia and Moravia the Commander of the Arms i in Bohemia and Moravian the labour road guide. Subject: Purpose of the matricular contribution. I give the following letter to the Supreme Reichshah* from the Minister of Finance of 5 April 1943 Y 1938 - 136. - V. known: ", After the decree of the Führer on the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia of 16 March 1939 (RGBl I p.485 ), the Reich grants military protection to the Protectorates and takes care of the foreign interests of the Protectors. The Reich can also in other administrative:- establish common laws and give up the Prótektorate. It was issued by the Reich with validity for the Protectorate, for example: the War Damage Ordinance, the Personer Damage Ordnance,the Volkstumsschädenordnung and a large part of the air protection legislation.