English Translation

19 Gruppe Ernehrung and Preg, 17 December 1941. Lendwirtschaft Nr. : II/2-3597-4K/41 Office of the Staa fektetärs belm Reichsp Btektor in Bühmgn and Mähzen. Eing.: - 5. JAN.1942 At the office of the State Secretary in the Heu se Betr. : Acquisition of a brewery in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia by the l. Stock brewing in Eger Breweries, which could be acquired by means of Aryanisation, is not available. The acquisition of a Czech brewery by the l. Aktienbrsuerei in E Ger cannot be promoted by official means, as there are no coercive means available to make a Czech owner available for sale. In the case of such a acquisition by a large brewery of the Empire, it should be borne in mind that later there is a risk that the production quota of the Protectorate brewery will pass over to the 1st stock brewery of Eger. From the point of view of national politics, however, for the purpose of a genuine Germanisation of a brewery, the Ferm must be carried out, that German pamilies should be resident at the headquarters of the brewery and remain resident there. Whether and to what extent a greatness of the rest of the empire offers a carantie on such popular political bases should be determined in the concrete Palle. On behalf of : 1 Anlage gez. Gross Verifiziert : Tol o 22e St. S.ZM-228a/41 K