English Translation

29 - 6 - in the oil supply of the empire, since the deliveries expected from the East were not yet established in their actual scope. If a improvement were made in the course of the next months, the protectorate would be much more likely to be helped. First of all , he would see only the possibility of limiting the supply of sugar to the Reich to 155 000 tonnes and of releasing the quantities of sugar not needed for the protectorate's own use for compensation operations with foreign countries. The Protectorate may try to trade fat against the sugar, which is very popular abroad, but in such a way that the commercial contractual obligations of the foreign country to supply fat to the Reich would not be affected as far as possible. According to the calculations made by Berlin and Prague, at least 25 000 tonnes of sugar could be used as a compensation product, for which 8 - 100 tonnes of fat could be purchased. First of all, he was thinking of Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, but other countries would also be eligible for such exchanges.Ministerial Director Dr. Walter only asked to coordinate the individual transactions with his department, if possible by telephonic means. Any resistance of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium and the Foreign Office would be eliminated by the REM; if necessary, the REm would have to bring about a decision of the Herr Reichsmarschall against these ministries. The remaining fat gap of 6 - 8 o0 t could perhaps be closed due to further negotiations in the spring of 1943 by the meanwhile received multiplications from the East on the part of the Reich. If the compensation transactions were not carried out or not to the extent expected, the whole question between the Reich Protector and the REM would have to be re-examined.