English Translation

21 ISIUIW 3.JAN.1044 Prague, / December 1943. Department of Finance VIId- 4000 - 57 (g). Secret 4 Obergruppenführer Minister of State F r a n k. Subject: New regulation of autonomous pay. Letter of 19 December 1943 - St. M.IV D - 49 qu/43 -. Annexes: 3. - The Reichsminister and head of the Reich Chancellery and the Reich= Minister of Finance have agreed to the plan of the German State smi= nisteriuns for the improvement of the salary of autonomous staff on the basis of the outcome of the discussions with the representatives of the Federal Ministry of Finance. However, considerable concerns have been raised against the plan of the State Ministry on various points. Jch takes the following position: 1)The Reich Ministry of Finance has stated that in the improvement of the autonomous salary in most cases the full amount of the Reich's salary is reached. On the basis of the evaluation of the autonomous civil service groups recognized by the Reichsfinanzministerium= and taking into account the results of the meetings with the representatives of the Reich Finance Ministry, the remuneration of a married staff member in local class A PH in the final salary in l5 grades reaches the Reich's salary. On the other hand, in 82 grades, they are below the Reich's grade, of which in 1 7 grades by less than RM per month, in 65 grades by more than Rm per month up to RM 284 per month. It is pointed out that even in the grades in which, in the improvement of the autonomous grade, the Reich's grade is reached in the final salary, in other grades of this grade, St.M. 1⁄4 - 49sec