English Translation

Group P i n a n z Prague, 28 January 1942 II/7-3-3711 0cd V e r me r k . thE/97 The Reichswirtschaftsministerium requires that the tobacco regime in Prague, from 1 February 1992 onwards, make available lo % of its production of cigarettes and smoking tobacco to the Wehrmacht (see the accompanying letter of the Industrial Economy Group dated 2.1.1942). The Ministry of the Economy has granted the tobacco government a monthly processing quota of 5oo.oo kg for cigarettes and stamping tobacco and l65.ooo kg of pipe tobacco. If this quota is fully exploited - in recent months production has been somewhat limited in view of the delayed supply of raw materials as a result of the difficult transport situation - the following quantities can be produced monthly: Cigarettes ...........54o,ooo.ooo Cigars Fine cut 8.5oo kg, which corresponds to (1 gr. = 1 ziga-rette.... 8,500,000 " 11 cigars 4,l60,000 pieces, which corresponds to (1 cigar = 5 cigarettes)............20,800,000"1 11 pipe tobacco l5o.ooo kg, which emits (2 gr. = 1 cigarette).............75,000.000 11 11 I 644,3oo.ooo pieces of cigarettes. Of which, lo% of cigarettes and lo % of the puncture and pipe tobacco must be delivered to the Wehrmacht. From the remaining quantity, 45 cigarettes on the tobacco card and i5 cigarettes on an additional card for heavy, heavy, long and night workers can be issued on condition that the expected raw materials arrive in good time. Only MA-6/42 will be distributed.