English Translation

Aul 1 Der Reichspostminister Berlin W 66, den 26.0ktober 1944 IV 8000-0/Protekt Nr.4565 G Leipziger Straße 15 Telex: 1200 42 THE DEUISH STAATSM STER EOR AUNEEN UMD MHREN Bfb 6021 g M AOTILUNB IX (Please indicate in the answer number sennmeldruecan and Poet and subject matter) To Emo. 27. OKT 1944 Nm the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia TS Prague BfB. Nr. nid eheim! As regards the letter of 22.9. IX/1a 1352-1/1 Bfb 489/44 g Meine Vf. IV c 8000-O/Protekt + Nos 4549, 4553 and 4565 of 6.9., 12.9. and 13.10.1944 Staff of the telecommunication service in the Protectorate Despite their own serious personnel crisis in all remote reporting technical careers, which has already led to ideas from the Wehrmacht, in recent weeks I have made 44 forces available to you for the medium and high-ranking medium remote processing technology as well as 43 for radio broadcasting and machine service. At this moment, the dispensation of these high-quality forces has become particularly difficult for me, since the relocation of the war to the home territory and the tightening of the air war presents my administration with enormous tasks. The security of the intelligence service of the state leadership and the Wehrmacht and the countless special networks in itself require a sharp summary of all available forces instead of a new levy, especially since I had to make more than 22 000 men and 30 000 forces available to the Riszung through the action of the total war. It would have been much more advantageous for me, and therefore for the State Ministry, if my offer at that time had been accepted, to occupy all the endangered posts by rich German forces. These forces would now have been incorporated, settled into their environment and could get an idea of the non-German forces in Bohemia and Moravia. The development was therefore right for me. I have nevertheless abstained from it; now a quite justified 1249 \J-199/44g S 1290144