English Translation

Dr. Be r ts c h Prague, 3rd October 1944. -No. V-481/44g - see to the head of the Minister's Office. Betr.: Lecture to the Minister of State on 3 October 1944 In addition, the Minister of State declared himself inversely = that the requests of the leading masters of the Bili, the Htko=witzer Eisenwerke and the Brünner laffenwerke for salary increases on the occasion of the personnel and organizational changes in these enterprises are not decided upon by the Ministry of Rur yirtschart and the Works until after 1 April 1945. The sub= still noted that he would suggest to the German industrialists coming in Prague that they should refrain from raising their salaries at this stage on their own initiative, provided that the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour is planning to approve a calculated salary increase for a later date.