English Translation

13 E n t w u r f ! Decree on the Armaments Commission and the Arms Inspection in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. In order to summarise and intensify the war economy in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as in view of the comprehensive mandate of the German Minister of State for Bohemia and the Moravian Republic to preserve the imperial intensities in the protectorate, I order the following in agreement with the German State Minister for Böhmen and Moravia with such effect: 1.) The Head of the Department of Economics and Labour in the German Ministry of the Economy and the Minister for Economic Affairs and Employment in the Government of the Protectorates of Bohemiaand Moravia Dr. Walter Bertsch is appointed as Chairman of the Armaments Commission. 2.) The Prague Armor Inspection and the Prague I, Prague II and Brno Armor Commands will be disbanded. For the Protectorate, an Armoring Commando with a branch office in Brno will be established with its headquarters in Prague. 3.) The former tasks of the Prague Armaments Inspectorate are transferred to the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia, who can delegate them to the competent autonomous authorities in accordance with the division of tasks between German Minister for State and autonomous administration. Except for the transfer to the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia, those tasks which have to be transferred to the Arms Command for reasons of civil Reich defence, to the commander of the security police and the SD or for military reasons, shall remain the same. 4.) The supervising departments shall be provided with the personnel of the arms inspection required to carry out the tasks assigned.