English Translation

Prague, 27 August 1944 The German Minister of State 5 for Bohemia and Moravia No. V/Stat.- 1045/6507 To the Herr Abteilungsleiter, Herr Oberlandraten - Inepekteure, Herr Kommandant der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD, Herr Commandant der Ordnungspolizeis, Herr Envoy of the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Peoples, Herr Plenipotentiary for Machine Production in Bohemia and Mahren matod Message to theMinister Office Betr.: Attitude of statistics With Rick's view of the concentration of all forces and the associated restriction of all works which do not directly involve the use of war, it was necessary to shut down a number of official statistics. It is forbidden for all departments to include a decommissioned official statistics, but it is also necessary to limit the non-official statistics to the extent which is absolutely necessary for immediate military use, and it is therefore essential that all the statistics, except those which, according to my circular of 25 May, are included. - 609/6507, which are authorized to cease with immediate effect,' is therefore primarily concerned with the so-called business statistics which are carried out on the basis of the material produced on an ongoing basis; in the case of really war-decisive statistics, an exception may be requested. I would like to ask the department of statistics in my department V to inform me of the decommissioned statistics as well as of the labour force thus released. Dr, Bertsch Certified: 1W7 Angct 822th