STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1916, sig. 109-6/8

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English Translation

In the case of air traffic control, air traffic management regulations have always been lax, e.g. the regulation of costs, the construction of protection areas, the compensation for air traffic protection obligations and air traffic safety in the event of air alarms. In the meantime, the intensification of the air situation and the immediate immediate closure of the gaps in the area of air protection by Führeryen in general - see Appendix l - necessarily demanded not only the implementation of the measures ef. on the basis of the former Czechoslovak regulations, but also their implementation, whereby, for sovereign reasons of the empire, a new reference to the aforementioned protection regulations had to be omitted. The draft Air Protection Act for the Protectorate and the I. and II. Execution verifications by the fact that they now give the Reich Protector in all areas of air protection the possibility to adapt the air protection to both the requirements of the Reich and those of the Protectorate. Compared to the current state of air protection obligations, the following changes result: 1.) The costs of the sovereign air protection are burdensome to the protectorate, IAI.8 4 er Sotae te dobt 2.) DS 3.) The behaviour of the population in the case of air raids are mellar (requests, adapted to the experiences of the empire, ofei raised, 4.) upon approval of the drafts is a reference to the - Czecho-Slovak regulations and regulations not very necessary and as5.)The imperial protector has the possibility at any time to determine the scope of air defence. Of particular importance is the provision on the obligation of the managers and owners to expand air shelters. However, the experience of the war has clearly shown F9 that only successful air protection can be carried out if the population passes through air raids. The better the air shelter, the less the consequences of air attacks will be and the less special r9RmrMebioink gOIebcoaOd ECeWleave is needed