STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1902, sig. 109-5/130

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- 3 * Mpo e0 AW Jouvh 2 g The autonone government was received by Secretary of State Frank × X In the evening a festive concert took place in the Czech National Theatre JoGopf Dalecp of the State Pres.in Prague in the presence of the Deputy Reich Protector Dr. Hácha and the auton.Reg. with greater succession, in which Smetana's symphonic poem "Mein Vaterland" was played The speeches given at the official receptions, digurghRundfunk and Presse, contained a new clear commitment to the leader and empire and had an effect abroad. * $\qr}$ Up to 1.4. The total number of men and women to be exempted in Bohemia and Moravia can be estimated at 50,000. 12080 In the armaments industry and in the rest of the war-important industry, certain profecti8n barriers have been removed by the confiscation of German skilled workers to the Wehrmacht and by the handing over of Czech skilled workers in the remaining Reichsgebiet, but a loss of performance has not yet been established. Certain signs of fatigue are evident for years due to the tension and food shortages in the mining industry, without coal production having declined so far. The demonstrable reinforcement of armament manufacturing in Bohemia and Moravia has so far been due to valuable orders placed in this area.