English Translation

II, The German Minister of State Prague - 23. January 1945 for Bohemia and Moravia XXXXXXXXX VIII/1e-V-7001/45 Confidential To the Wehrmacht representative at the Inlcte Deutscher Staataninister für Böhmen und Mähren and commander in the Böhnen and Kährd Wehrkreis district@5 JAN.1945 PEag nachr an der Chef des Ministeramts im Hause 1 Head of the department V isuse the coal industry office Erae # Transport commander Praz Betrt Coal situation The coal supply situation in Bohemia and Kühren is known to be so distressed for reasons of traffic that important supply plants, such as gas and electricity plants, dairies, bik- kerries sowde Armsbetriebe und Krankenhäuaer, which were not sufficiently preferred, partly already without coal. With regard to the special services of the Eieenbahn, it is at present completely impossible to drive all the urgent coal transports. I am not responsible for the fact that, after a division of the coalfields of Sudetenland, 5 closed coal trains are transported for the purpose of transporting shelters in Milofits on a full-haul basis. Ieh had stated at the Transport Command of Prague that the information was correct, a train on l9.l.45 had already been driven on the full-speed tram 76 507 798. Iat wd further A trains follow full-size number 76 5ö7799-802 at a distance of 2 pages. The first transport-controlled train had not been notified to the Transport Commander of Prague. I recognize here in a one-sided advantage of a Wehrmacht because of one of the wehrmaehts in an erotic line for other purposes tanned transport-like preferential position, which must have a traffic-intensive and above all supply-like effect on the cost of other urgent coal transports. In the interests of fair control, I would ask that the coal industry in Prague take a firm stand, with restrictions and failures in all areas not to be prevented. Commissioned by: gez Danco gat yuny Anstolite Aakile "IodI Ii in ul $\ ^{{}4}$