STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2487, sig. 109-12/134 Page 55 · 55 of 61
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2487, sig. 109-12/134
English Translation
43 - 5 - Hand is the political leadership; to treat one thing separately from the other would be absurd. By the aforementioned political leadership the German economy can free itself from all disturbances, consolidate. Let us consider the difficulties that already exist in the economy of the United States, with us these are considerably smaller. A deliberate shortage at the beginning of the war serves only to avoid a reduction in supply for the future. It is necessary to allocate coal strictly according to the needs - in order to make a contribution - which is also necessary for the reason that the German Reich today has to supply all of Europe with this fuel and England fails as a result of the Blokade as a supplier, we must also supply coal to those companies working for our economy in the occupied territories and in the countries we are friends with first and foremost. The economy of the Protectorate has already completely gone into the economy of this empire; the complete merger came into force only with the abolition of the customs border, the protectorate has now already been incorporated decisively into the war potential of the empire. In the beginning, we were somewhat reserved with the Empire's attachment to the Protectorate, because "as long as we succumb, the other can still win".The party has a right in this area to lead the economy on much smaller issues than in the old kingdom, the reason is to look for it, because here forcibly an economic question triggers a political one" Dr. Pg. Adolf urged the Sehrluss not to consider this cooperation of the party in the field of the economy as an additional burden. Pg. Ing. K u n z e l : "We are clear that the dispute between the two peoples, i.e. between Germans and Czechs, is continued, It is not as it was thought more after the Munich conference or the creation of the protectorate, The struggle that we ourselves fought -6 -