THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 36, sig. 110-2/12

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15Yes - 2 - the concentration of a large part of the armaments industry in Bohemia and Moravia with the simultaneous involvement of the Czechs as workers is an exceptional requirement for the political and administrative management of this area. The maintenance of the calm and order and the full exploitation of all the workers dfases u Böluule he invited Makren to the gleiohon scale as well as in the rest of the Reihegebiety triex, although they are people who are indifferent to our struggle to the greatest extent, if not even negatively opposed to the present situation, but >meanttrvei a decisive factor for the further political and military development It is of course that under these circumstances the appearance of the Reich over the entire autonomous administration of the Protectorate must be particularly strong and powerful, It had therefore to be found Ulalridl a form that ensures this under the due consideration of autonomy. This is done with the establishment of the German Minister of State and the measures I have ordered in connection with it. The general Reichsaufsicht, also in matters of a ministerial nature, is carried out by within the. However, the Supreme Reich Supervision in the form of the fundamental and political steering of the autonomous administration remains reserved for the German State Ministry, since it combines the technical tasks of all other Reich departments, so that the supreme Reich Superintendent is responsible for controlling the individual autonomous ministries, the heads of departments of the State Ministry in a large degree of autonomy and self-responsibility.I myself can only deal essentially with the determination of the general guidelines of the overall policy to be observed. This Reichsaufsicht über die selten Fachverwaltungen würdf am 180