English Translation

6 Elng.: S ZN - The Head of the Department of Finance Prague, 6 March 1945. VII/1 - T 1730/45 (19) Subject: Special allocations of cigarettes to Schanz= workers. 4 - Senior group leader and general of weapons i and the police Minister of State F r a n k . The deputy head of the Central Directorate of the Ta= bakregie, Oberregierungsrat Pollinger, told me that he had been informed at the meeting with the Reichsbeauftragter für Tabak und Kaffee that in terms of the supply of tobacco products to the population due to the catastrophic tobacco= supply situation, further very drastic measures were required. Among other things, he was informed that in the rest of the Reich the special assignments to Schanzar= beiter were stopped with immediate effect.In view of the effects of the restriction measures on the protectorate, it is necessary that the special allocations to schanzar = be immediately discontinued. As in the rest of the Reich, the employees receive two cigarettes a day. I would ask for approval. I will present a detailed report on the overall situation on the tobacco market and on the necessary further measures. ammlant eg weeve yshesnen 103 wal 14- 1t/45