English Translation

96 The Head of Department V Prague, 10 October 1943. - No.389/43 g - Secret I.Note: The meeting of 8 October 1993 at the Reichsministerium für Ristung und Kriegsproduktion in Berlin took place: l. from the Reich Ministry: Reich Minister Professor Albert S p e e r Gauleiter H a n k e Head of Office Head of Service Dipl.Jng. S a u r tt c Dr. Waeger Captain zur See H e n r i c i the personal speaker of the Reichsminister; 2. from Prague: -High Group Leader Minister of State K.H. F r a n k Head of Department Dr. B e r t s c h of the Arms Inspector Major General H e r n e k a m p of the Defence Officer of the Protectorate Director General Dr. A d o 1 f. First, Reichsminister S p e r asked which questions of his area of responsibility in the Protectorate were still open and had to be discussed. Minister of State F r a n k replied that today's debate was about the Piherer Decree of 2 September 1943 on the concentration of the war economy, which gave the Reich Ministry of Armor and War Production extended responsibilities in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. He stressed the importance of achieving agreement on how to proceed in the future. The particular emphasis on the problem was the autonomy of the Protectorate, where the German State Ministry for Bohemia and Moravia had recently been set up as the supreme authority responsible for all government activities in the Protectorates.