STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1871, sig. 109-5/99

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73 2.Blatt Prague already at the beginning of March at the request of the Reichsprotektor transitional provisions for the implementation of the basic provision of languages,after which the German language was raised to the al- leinigen language of the external and internal official transport, and at the same time had included the one point that civil servants and employees in the official oral traffic had to use the German tongue among themselves. I therefore had a circular drawn up immediately after the presentation of the state authority, drew it and let it be forwarded to Primator Żiha for information, who, however, refused to put his name under it. A few days later, a similar decree of the Ministry of the Interior came in, which I immediately sent to the Primator, but which allowed him to explain again that he had to do these things first. I would like to bring to your attention, very esteemed Secretary of State, these incidents, too, so that we can assess the delays and inhibitions we still have to fight with at the Prague City Hall, even if we never doubted that we would finally enforce our will. With the best recommendations and with Ceoar Zaifz Heil Hitler ! Jerrs sheir. lio teiehi. her very devoted to ier ankv edis Gai dan thade. fial feis arivreichecdd, tite Creira 22 Me /8l dor Eila abcie u lawecs. idd. Pfhtzner/ Eraffe halle s lamcaloe we deilre forn Kibounts Gearleileig dt brgareges tt d af w On a ev. Rershan y5 beffu F2i7 187 8.