English Translation

St.M. IV P - 6/44g. Prague, 24 January 1944. 2h Gehetm Mt 1.) S 25. I. To Mr Reichsleiter Reichsminister Rosenberg. Berlin, East Ministry. Very revered party comrade Rosenberg ! I have taken note with great interest of your telex from the 2l.l.d.Js. I agree with your view that imperial regulations are not easily transferred to territories with foreign peoples. However, I am not in a position to judge from here what kind of organization would be suitable for the occupied eastern territories. A comparison with the protectorate is not possible given the specificity of the local circumstances. The Protectorate is not an occupied territory, but a part of the Great German Empire; its incorporation has been carried out in a peaceful way. This peaceful division corresponds to the autonomy granted by the leader, which has an effect on the cultural territory. Within the framework of autonomy, the Protectorate has been granted its own cultural official organization with a Ministry of People's Enlightenment at the head. The view of the Reich over this branch of autonomous administration is exercised exclusively by me as the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Moravia by my Department of Cultural Policy, so that the general policy absolutely requires