English Translation

The head of department II Beheim note on the food situation in the Protectorate. I. Cereals. 1) Supply possibilities to the Reich if the present ration rates are maintained. The letter of the Reichsmarschall dated August 5th of the year provides for a delivery obligation of the Protectorates to the rest of the Empire in the amount of 250 000 tonnes of bread grain. According to the result now available from the 3rd harvest estimate of the Central Statistical Office, a surplus of 2l2 000 tonnes is obtained. A reduction of 4 % is taken into account, since, unlike outside the Reich, the Czech producers cannot easily be expected to be able to deliver lo0 %. This reduction represents a quantity of 49 500 t. If, after the completion of the compulsory delivery, it should be established that the readiness for disposal was greater than was assumed, the quantities transferred will of course be made available to the Reich beyond 212 000 t. 2) Delivery possibility if the ration rates are increased according to the Reich regulation for the entire population. Pür the rationing increase are required in the Protectorate 36 300 t. The delivery possibility to the rest of the Reich area would then be reduced to 175 700 t. 3) Delivery possibility in case of restriction of the ratio increase to Germans and recipients of the fat supplement card 25. The rations increase only for Germans and recipients of the