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

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English Translation

Cartels in the Protectorate are involved in the management, they carry out the tasks assigned to them on behalf and name of the supervising body at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour. II. The new regulation in the other realm. If one tries to bring the lengthy decree of 29 October 1943 to as short a formula as possible, then the following division of tasks arises: 1. The Reichsstelle have the following tasks: a) As an extended arm of the planning office (Kehrl) they advance the decision on the type and height of production as well as on the extent of the satisfaction of the demand. b) They assign the raw materials, auxiliary materials and operating materials required for the implementation of the production programmes approved by Reich Minister Speer, in accordance with the instructions of the Planning Office, to the main committees and wrestling groups as global quotas. (c) They are responsible, on behalf of the Minister for Economic Affairs, for the implementation of the supply of consumer goods to the civilian population and for the distribution of goods, and for monitoring imports and exports. 2. Under the supervision of the six main production units (namely the Rohstoffamt (Kehrl), Arms Supply Office (Schieber), Production Office for Consumer Goods (Seebauer), Technical Office (Saur), Construction Office (Stobbe Dethleffsen), Energy Office ( Schulze-Fielitz), the main grants and main rings are transferred. In contrast to the previous regulation, the Committees and Ringen are given the corresponding powers under the Regulation on Trade in Goods.