GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 576, sig. 110-4/424

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E - 5 - statiatiach). Special difficulties still arise as a result of the fact that these meetings are usually scheduled by the participating bodies, without any closer examination of the accommodation facilities. As a result, over-reliances are created which are suitable for temporary paralysis of the entire rest of the war-related tourism. As the only regulating measure, there is at present the gea instruction to the hotels to accept larger room orders only if an extrem instruction of Iv/2 is available. However, it would be necessary to refer the Minister of State to all departments and subordinate posts, first of all meetings. to examine their warlikeness and necessary meetings, in particular if such wishes come from the rest of the Reich, if possible not to lie in Prague, and secondly at meetings in Prague necessarily necessary before their determination the date with indication of the number of participants with Iv/2. b). The Wehrmacht is also strongly involved in short-term accommodation in terms of its number. As the existing overnight homes of the Wehrmight are no longer sufficient, the Wehracht has confiscated 4-6 rooms each in a larger number of hotels for transit. However, the weekly seizures of several hundred beds for each Saturday-Sunday for the Milowitzer officer pupils etc. The fact that this is not always - as is stated by the Wehrmacht - a transfer journey is obvious. With all understanding of the need for the dispersal of the soldiers, however, I would like to see an essential restriction, which would have to be suggested to the WBv. In addition, it is arduous that the complaints usually take place in the short term and have already taken on several important dispositions. 6