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-$3/43g n at the eptabteungsleiter v3 1343 Group Pricing Division V3 - 549 - 43 Prague, 28 February 1943 f O Strictly confidential ! To the Secretary of State $231:43 on the Head of Department V Subject: Pricing in the Protectorate in l942 The price level in the protectorate developed differently in l 942 than in the rest of the Reich. In the rest of the Reich, the cost of living is increased by 2.8 points for the total index. I would like to take the increase of the individual indices from the following table: Reichsindexo. . December 1941 December 1942 Total: 133,0 135,8 Nutrition: 126,3 129,4 Clothing: 1664, 174 Heating lighting 123,7 122.8 Miscellaneous: 150,1 151,2 Housing: 121,2 121,2- War scheme with quantities of food management based on official maximum prices. In the Protectorate, on the other hand, the Central Statistical Office shows a drop of 2.2 points in the overall index. The figures given above are as follows: Index numbers of the Protectorates: XII. 1941 XII.1942 Total: 155,8 153,6 Nutrition: 151,0 146,9 Clothing: 181,7 181,9 Heating and lighting33,2 133,0 Miscellaneous: 179,4 178,7 Housing: 134,0 134,9 Peace scheme with the quantities of peace needs 24