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

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Yo - 5 - Beginning of the discussions that he had expected an idea of the Reich protector, especially in the matter of fat. He was aware that the protectorate could not get along without a fat grant. First, the grain question was discussed in detail. State Secretary Backe was pleased with the delivery of 180,000 tonnes of bread grain and emphasized the performance of this delivery, especially in view of the years that have passed by the Protectorate. He was very concerned that fodder cereals could not be delivered, as the Wehrmacht had already included in its estimate the supply of about 33,000 tonnes of oats. Furthermore, he was not aware that another 30,000 tonnes of fodder cereals had to be delivered from the Protectorate, that Reich and Wehrmacht were a unit for him, which required the deliveries from dependent areas. In this respect, it must be an error of the commissioner for the four-year plan, the two quantities were in his opinion identical. In any case, he was satisfied with the delivery of 33,000 tonnes of fodder cereals to the Wehrmacht. Group leader II 2 also made detailed tours, which justified the impossibility of supplying fodder cereals at all. He explained that forage cereals had how to be delivered to the Reich in recent years, if not the bread-grain cultivation in the interests of the Reich had been strengthened at the expense of forage grain cultivation. As regards the question of whether the real import of Pleisch from abroad into the Protectorate was allowed, Secretary of State Backe said that this was not a question of greater importance for the Reich. Here, after further examination of the matter, it could be envisaged that the matter would be accepted. State Secretary Backe then presented the serious situation in the supply of fat to the Reich, since the