English Translation

L s y. Hpt ho DER Reichsprotektor Prag, den 2.Sept.40 IN BÖHMEN AND MÄHREN II.,Svehla-Ufer Nr.20 Plenipotentiary for the Ministry of Transport Telephone No.61451/29 Transport - Nbv No.0.2229/4o. PN SC 0U CM O ROmA B8e1 Can 2al l.) All Lords Oberlandraten S00 11-19.40. 2.) The Moravian Group, Brno. Subject: Use of motor vehicles for hunting purposes. In my decree of 5.12.1939 No. Nbv 0.693/39 Annex No. 7 I had stated the following: "Personnel vehicles for hunting purposes. It is decisive whether the hunting is primarily for the pleasure or the management of the game stock in the public interest. The responsible hunting and forestry officer at the Oberlandrat is to be heard." Since the question of the use of passenger cars for hunting purposes must be dealt with uniformly in view of the necessary restriction of fuel consumption, the Reichsjägermeister has sent a circular to the Landes- und Gaujägersmeister as a result of various events, in which a strong position is taken against abuses during hunting trips with motor vehicles. The circular is enclosed in a copy. The guidelines given in the circular of the Reichsjägermeister are also to be used for the production of the Protcktorage. Fuel may only be used in hunting purposes if the game cannot be shot down by local hunters who care for the area or are available nearby. It must be seen that as many hunters as possible use a car together. This can be done if the shooting of the game does not take the form that the hunting officer visits his hunting area several times alone or with only one cm companion, but in the form of trcib hunts, in which the whole st.s. TWN.