English Translation

- 7 - L7 police. - At the instigation of the department on Tuesday the 9.9. a meeting was held with the Government Commissioner of the City of Moravia-Ostrava on food issues, attended by the site's oldest and the competent officers of the Military Site Administration, the Inspector of the Trup penteil, the Government commissioner Beier and the Agriculture Councillor Hein from the OLR Office in Moravia-Estrau. The meeting discussed the measures to ensure food security for the troops and the general food situation.The discussion concluded that the guarantee of food supplies for the forces appears to be guaranteed if the promise that the potato supply from the empire is to be made is actually complied with. Complaints of the food officials about bad meat were brought to the discussion and the agricultural council Hein pointed out the general situation of meat supply. Objections due to more often delivered sour-worn milk to the troupe are to be placed by direct delivery of milk from the Reichsgebiet (Silesia) to the force. Treatment of the troop as a major collector and direct traffic with the major distributors was promised. The proper supply of the force therefore seems secure. - General food situation: The feeding with bread and cereal products appears secure. Also the supply of potatoes, if the intended allocation of potatoes from the empire is actually made true. The shortcomings in the potato supply that have occurred so far were justified by the delay in the early potato harvest. At present, the supply for potatoes seems to be better to work. The supply of vegetables at present seems sufficient, over winter vegetables. At present nothing can be said. Strong beaks must be raised against this with regard to the future supply of milk, meat, poultry and fruit. The situation on the meat market is very tense, that already the strongest interventions have been carried out in the dairy cattle, so that the milk supply seems to be called into question. Although it has been tried to introduce lean cattle into the district and to feed this lean cattle ready for slaughter because of the good harvest of rough fodder. Since this time is necessary, slaughter. mature cattle is not available, it is tried to obtain slaughter of mature cattle on loan for a later refund from the kingdom. This is said to have been rejected by the competent authorities in Berlin.- Concerning poultry and fruit supply: The district of the OLR-Amtes Moravian-Ostrava is probably the largest grant area in the Protectorate. On the one hand, a huge industry is concentrated here, and especially miners need to be fed well, on the other hand, the OlR office has no agricultural support, since a large part of the district includes the Beskydy and its foreland, which is currently at least - 8 -