English Translation

4 - 4 - The massive failures in pig iron and crude steel production put at great risk all steel foundries and grey castings, as the necessary raw material is lacking. About the order of the RvE Witkowitz was ordered to deliver Peinerze as well as Fe-Si,Fe-Mn, electrodes, blast furnace scrap to Třinec, so that Witcowitz - if these materials are not delivered to Kür- ze - will also have to reduce their operation in about 6 weeks at the latest. K o h l e n l a g e : M The proposals for the delivery of Feber l945 were generally between 3o % and 5o % below the maximum consumption quantity. Nevertheless, in the end-of-arms production only in rare cases temporary plant closures or plant restrictions occurred, since during this time certain existing reservoirs could still be used up. As these opportunities will no longer be available in March, the coal demand of the armaments industry will be slightly higher than in Feber. Further cuts in the allocation of coal would have to result in substantial production of the emergency programme, such as cannon production, tank construction or munitions production, and the supply of coal is still entirely dependent on the transport situation. The traffic situation has developed in such a way that at present the supply of coal is not fully guaranteed, as there are not enough empty wagons available. In particular, no empty cars come in from the rest of the Reich. This condition applies to the Moravian Ostrava district as well as to the Brüxer lignite district. By the decree of the Minister of the Reich f.R.u.K. of 8.II.l945, Director General MALZACHER was appointed for the arms district Oder/Moldau with its seat in Prague,