English Translation

Of 27 - for its part the Protectorate Government - directed the Minister President and Minister of the Interior - by corresponding decrees in the same sense. These include in particular the decree of the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, No. II/2-T/6-343/40 of 19.8.194o on the expansion project Milowitz, and the decrees of the Imperial Protector in Bohemia, Nos. II/2 504 - 3/41/Sa of 21 January 1994 on the T.E.P. Wischau extension project, as well as the decree of the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, No. II/2-I/6-431/40 of 21 Januar 1991 on the "T.E".P. Kamm- wald extension project. The autonomous sector's responsibility for the trouble-free clearance of the enlargement areas is laid down in all the enacted decrees, and at the same time it is recommended that all related issues be dealt with in consultation with the acting head of the Land Office. In particular, the following can be noted: During the course of the procedure, a negative influence on the population of the enlargement areas by spreading untrue and malicious rumors has often been found. The result was a certain passive resistance on the part of the resettlement, which in part even made the observance of the eviction dates at risk. The Bodenamt first tried to influence the general mood of the population in the extension areas in a calming and correcting way through an immediate influence on the mayors and municipal councils (meetings of councils), later by means of the expatriation offices and the protectorate gendarmerie. The only way to make the inhibitions decisive was by using more drastic means, such as the introduction of some expropriation procedures with equal - 28 -