English Translation

1h-9 - East expected deliveries to their actual extent were not yet established. If there were an improvement in the course of the next Nonate, 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 by the Protectorate to the Reich to 155 000 tonnes and of freeing up the quantities of sugar not required for the protectionate's own use for the compensation operations of the Protectorates with foreign countries.The Protectorate may try to trade in fat against the sugar which is very popular all over the country, however, in such a way that the trade-contractual delivery obligations of the foreign country to the Empire would not be affected by this. According to the calculations of Berlin and Prague, at least 25 000 tonnes of sugar could be considered as compensation goods; 8 - 1 000 tonnes could be bought in for this purpose, mainly in Slovakia, Ruminia and Bulgaria, but other countries could also be eligible for such exchange transactions. Ministerial Director Dr. Walter only asked to coordinate the individual business - if necessary by telephonic means - with his department. Any resistance of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium and the Federal Foreign Office would be eliminated by the REM; if necessary, a decision of the Lord Reichsmarschall against these ninisteries would have to be made by the REM. Perhaps due to further negotiations in the spring of 1943, the remaining pett gap of 6 - 8 000 tonnes could be concluded by the Reich's doctrinal deliveries from the East, which have since been received. If the compensation transactions did not come about or were not carried out in the expected catch, the whole of Prague would have to be discussed again between the Reicheprotector and the REl. - 2 -