STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 537, sig. 109-4/284

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- 2 - (a Assets of the Silesian State Cultural Council: The Ministry of Agriculture had submitted a statement of the alleged assets of the Elementary Fund to the Silesiaan State Cultural Board and raised a claim for reimbursement of 628,326,9o K. The representatives of the Reichs- statthalter in Reichenberg and the Landbauernschaft in Reichberg reserved their opinion and promised to establish the assets of the SchlesichenLandeskulturrat. It was envisaged that, after receipt of the opinion, the Reich Food Ministry would conclude its statement on the proposal of the Ministry of Agriculture. Since the above-mentioned statements of the Reichsamthalter and the state peasantry in Reichenberg are still outstanding, the matter does not take any further course at the present time. The representatives of the Ministry of Finance have only agreed to the proposal of the Board of Agriculture, subject to the fact that the general agreement on the dispute between the Reich and the Protectorate does not contain provisions contrary to the special arrangements provided for. The general agreement was concluded on 4 October 1941 and published by decree of 2 April 1942 (RGBL.II p.195, VBlRProt. 1942 p.99). It is without prejudice to special regulations (Section V no. 13). The reservation of the Ministry of Finance is therefore now void. 5) With regard to the assets of the German Section of the Czech State Cultural Council, contrary to the agreement of 19-21 July 1939, it was agreed not to transfer the assets to the Reich in full, but to use a reasonable proportion for the German State Cultural Board in Brno. The German Central Council of the Czech National Council of Culture in Prague has been appointed as a trustee for this property. It has been commissioned to identify the assets and make a proposal for a division. The determination of the assets has now taken place. It amounts to: cash .................. 457.887,3o K ) see the drawing up of securities .......... 243.25o.- K ) : in Act 2.)