STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1101, sig. 109-4855

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14a Minister of Finance against the assessment of the salary of some other groups of non-German staff of the Protectorate (e.g. teachers, etc.), I consider to be considerable because of the possible repercussions on the pay regulations of the Reich. However, with regard to the overall interest of the responsible leadership in the early entry into force of the remuneration reordering in the Protectorate and because of the political weight that this measure has at the present time in accordance with your statements, I do not intend to refuse my approval of the proposed regulation with the reservation mentioned above, subject to reservations. To clarify this, I should like to point out that the delay in the decision is not due to the handling of the matter by the Reich Chancellery or the departments involved. The Reichsministers of the Interior and Finances, who had immediately agreed in principle with the improvement of the remuneration after informing them of the proposed measure, had to reserve their opinion on the extent of the increases for understandable reasons up to the present date of details. After the documents had been sent to your letters of 30 July and 10 September d. In order to speed up the matter, I asked the ministers of the Reichsministers concerned to inform them immediately. This is only possible with your letter 58902 from