English Translation

104 14 October 1940. Grants from the Protectorate government to the various churches in the Protectorates. There. Letter of 11.9. and 8.10.1940 - Sign III/16-Gn/E. 332o/4/72 bezw. III/16 - Schw-332o/4/72. 1. To the staff of the deputy of the Führer, Munich 33, Braunes Haus. The grants listed in the letter above are consistent with the amounts of the budget estimate in 1939. The services of the Protectorate are defined by statutory provisions and can therefore only be reduced or cancelled by this means. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to thank the President-in-Office of the Council for his excellent report, and I should also like to congratulate him on his excellent work on the work he has done on this subject. The result of such a measure would be that the subsidies would have to be set by church taxes. However, the wage level in the protectorate did not follow the price level, so that anyway from this state difficulties will arise. St. S. V D2