Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 634, sig. 110-4/482 (damaged)

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5. - 2 - The new demand contained in the letter of the Lord Reichsmarschall of August d.J. for the delivery of 30.oo t of fodder cereals to the Reich could not possibly be followed up. This could be determined by experts at any time by the Reichsfood Ministry on the spot. The protectorate only works with true numbers and is always aware of its obligation to the rest of the Reich. In the pletical area, the protectorate must attach importance to the fact that the so-called "protectorate". real imports of meat and meat were maintained from abroad (Slovakia and Hungary) even in this war economic year, already in order not to let the decades-long supply relations of the Bohemian-Moravian region to these areas tear away. It is only about 4 - 50o t, which could not play a role in the overall supply plan of the empire. Moreover, despite the increase in meat ration, the protectorate would be able to meet its needs from its own stocks thanks to the sharpest quota measures. As far as the fat sector is concerned, the difficult conditions of the protectorates in this area have long been well known to state-owned grains. He had helped the Protectorate in the past few years in a very grateful manner. It was, however, impossible to get through without a grant from the Reich if the production of arms in the Protector Council should not be put at the most serious risk. In the discussion at the Herr Reichsmarschall, Secretary of State Backe, despite the extremely tense fat situation of the Reich, proposed a grant of l6,oo0 t, which, however, had not been included in the August decree of the Herrreichsmarsschall. It was rather on the part of the REM in the pursuit of the presentation of the Lord ReichsMarschall from August d.J. any fat flow to the protectorate with immediate effect, by direct instruction to the company, which prohibits shift in Aussig - 3 -