English Translation

76 The Wehrmacht authorised by the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Prague XIX. 12 April 19 41. ficganpiatua Diat der Wehemacht 5 boyang Chief of the General Staff. / 18/4.47. benefrin To the personal advisers to the State Secretary at the Reich Protector in Bohemia u.Mehren, Mr. Chief Governmental Councillor G i e s , in P r a g .-.-..- . Distribution of loan horses to the Czech farmer Josef Elias back with the following explanations: 1.) Borrowing horses, which are issued to civilian users without German horse keepers, are no longer available from 1.4.1941 (except small horses, however, which have already all been borrowed). 2.) There is the possibility that Elijah's horses may be borrowed from a troop located near his place of residence; the troop parts shall be instructed to lend to farmers for the purpose of ordering their fields, collecting harvests, etc. Troop horses (with horse keepers), as far as the trooper service permits. Apply the lender to the competent Oberlandrat to obtain an emergency certificate, with which he can then ask the nearby troop for the allocation of loan horses. 3.) $\B-158b