GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 579, sig. 110-4/427

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94 - 3 - of the Minister for Labour and Economic Affairs, as he had previously been given, also for the future. Thus, there is no extension within the competence of the Arms Inspector. Compared to the economy in Bohemia and Moravia, the RuK does not appear directly, but through the Minister of State and all the economic activities of Bohemia and Mähren are addressed to him. The Minister of the State guarantees that no delays will occur as a result of this process. If, however, these are fundamental or questions of a certain general importance, the RuK and the Minister of State contact in advance in order to establish a common view. In the course of this discussion, the question of labour input and decommissioning is discussed as an example. The RM Speer is determined, and the Rü-Inspektor has to agree with the fact that the confiscation of the year l924 in the armaments companies does not receive any special treatment except the 2o% left to the operator for selection. Moreover, in no case can a special authorization be granted for any one operation. 3./ After that, specific questions will be discussed. The Rü inspector presents the unclear events surrounding the convocation of the Chief Director of the Strakonitzer Waffenwerke, Dr. Linhardt, about which RM Speer was not informed and whose clarification he assigned Gauleiter Hanke. The armaments officer asked for the extension of the gift packages of the RuK to intellectual creators to the Rotektorat, both for Czechs and for Germans. The applications were to be directed via the arms officer to the main committees. The Arms Officer stated that in case of relocations by the employment offices difficulties were made with regard to the employees. RM Speer noted that a decision had already been taken that the enterprises had been closed with all the members of the service, including the employees themselves. Mr RM Speer announced that a rigorous recovery of all vintages up to lgl4 could be expected in the near future. UK applications could not exceed up to lo%