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/5Y6 33 24 Jan. 1944 PRAG, de..21.Jänner ..194.4. 2.1.44. Pres.: 48/44 Laihr buh dod An den a folah giliweg Herrn Deutschen Staatsminister E für Böhmen und Mähren, CID ais Abt.I, Midh Prag. BS Betr.: Novelle zum Gesetz über das Oberste M424 Verwaltungsgericht. A Since the draft amendment to the Act on the Supreme Administrative Court and its Rules of Procedure have been in the interministerial proceedings for about 3/4 years, it now seems to me that the most rapid conclusion of it is urgently necessary for the following reasons: 1./ The simplification and acceleration measures provided for in the amendment are urgently needed for the administrative jurisdiction in the Protectorate. It needs the form and spirit after a reform. 2./ The delay is likely to affect the reputation of the German leadership of the court and the German administration at all. From the outset, I have insisted in repeated conferences with the Senate presidents and in the plenary assembly of the judges on a smooth and rapid cooperation, pointing out that the most rapid amendment corresponds to the intentions of the German administration and that the conclusion of the administrative jurisdiction of the Old Reich must be reached without delay, if not against the development. I have also been able to gain the full understanding and cooperation of the Czech judges in particular and to take them at a corresponding pace. All the less, we now understand the delay in these circles.