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

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30 St.M. Prague, August 1944 . Design To Mr. Reicheminieter for Armor Gé and War Production Professor S p e e r , Borlin. Very revered party comrade Speer ! In the planning for the total war operation in Bohemia and Müihren, which is my responsibility, the urgency of a question has arisen in the economic field, which on your part is certainly also the subject of further consideration in this context: the principle that the state management of the self-government of the economy must give as much room as possible to develop a maximum of economic forces, does not contradict my view. I am pleased to note that the organisation set up for this purpose in Pretekterat is managing taessldeh regardless of the particular difficulties of a predominantly frendvölkische area. One of the main reasons for this is that thanks to your insightful approach to the local needs, it was possible to unite in one hand the fathers of the mammal and the man in charge of rationalization with the office of the priaident of the central verb of industry, whereby