THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1364, sig. 109-4/1118

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- 5 - Russia's government also agreed that on November 4, the minister proposed to establish the "Command for the construction of the long-distance roads" as a state body for the building of motorways, at the moment only for the land to paralyze and Moravia. At the change of government in December lg38, Dr. Bata's, Dominik lipera, the mayor of the city of Zlin and one of the main pioneers of motorway construction in Czechoslovakia, was appointed Minister for Public Works.This appointment brought a man to the head of the local ministry, who, at the beginning of his ministry, gave the greatest interest and the most intensive work to the issues of construction of Czech motorways. Shortly after his arrival, he obtained that on 23 December 1938, the Government's agreement on the construction of long-distance roads in Czechoslovakia was issued.This government regulation,which had legal force under the Amending Act, announced the establishment of an Orgenes der Staatsverwaltung für den Bau der checho-Slovakischen Autobahnen,the d r T The Directorate-General for the Construction of Motorways is a department of the Ministry of Public Works, directly subordinated to the Minister, according to the above-mentioned Government Decree. The approval of the general project orders the renovation, the construction permit granted by the Ministry of Public Works with the agreement of the co-participating parties.