English Translation

Annex 3 I A 1/610 Prague, 26 August 1944 For the attention of the national associations and the foreign offices, Allen B e r k s v e r e n e n for implementation. Subject: Special allocation of cigarettes to agricultural workers. All male and Tsohechian country workers employed in this year's harvest over 1 8 years /as the basis for the registration of this group of persons shall be the declaration of the farm to the sickness fund/, shall be obtained as a special crop allocation unit. Excluded are: forest workers, family members, managers, civil servants, employed persons, women and foreign countries. On receipt of this order, the district secretaries shall notify the competent main publisher of the tobacco industry of the types of cigarettes, or the total price, and of the date of collection. 2./ In order to be able to pay the cigarettes with the total amount of all local associations at the time of the presentation to the tobacco chief publisher, the local associations must collect the amount for the cigarettes in advance. 3./ To send these cigarettes immediately to the local clubs for written confirmation with the corresponding information. The owner must purchase all the cigarettes from the association or district association at normal sales prices. The owner-managers are advised to carry out the distribution to the farm workers free of charge. More details on the number of cigarettes allocated and their elimination are given in the attached instructions for tobacco supplies. Unused residual quantities are to be stored properly by the district association and reported to the head office of the association in quantities. With regard to the tax side, by order of 12.11.1943 G.Z.94.037/43-III/1, the financial minority decided that: