English Translation

The Head of Division III Prague, 10 December 1942 Ministerial Councillor Dr. Heckel H/M Copy Mr. Presidential Chief S c h m e i s e r PraGIII Ministry of Finance Dear Mr. Schmeisser! In the Ministry of Education, the question arose as to how the costs of missions for the Minister should be covered. It has become clear that there is no clarity about this question either in the Ministry of Education or in other ministries where I have asked, and I would therefore like to ask you to submit a nachtest in your house and to inform us of the outcome of my proposal. The Minister receives his salary from Title 1, Section 1 of the Budget (Ch.8). For travel expenses of the Hinister and for the expenses which are due to him during such trips, special funds are not provided for in the budget. To date, it seems that Title 1, § 2 (Central Administration) Post 17 (Miscellaneous expenditure) has been booked. However, I have been told by others that earlier these costs were booked under § 2, Post 10 (offices= and law firms' needs), and that this is still the case today in various ministries. Even more dimly than the ambiguity about the accounting situation, however, the uncertainty about the amount of travel expenses to be claimed by the Minister has an effect. According to my statements, there are no statements about this, so that jeveils must be claimed the actual effort, this state gives the minister a feeling of uncertainty about the framework and the 5551 incapacitated