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t The Imperial Protector Prague IV. February 1943. in Bühmen and Moravia Pornsprochanschlüsso: Prague 6014), 31945, 60951, 04456 No. It is requested to indicate this trade mark and the subject of Bol worlder letters. Accounts of the Oberkasso: lilk! Postparkassankonto No. 98.500 and Girokonto offered the National Bank for Bohemia and Moravia in Prague. m.d.P.dg.b. To Mr. Reichsleiter für die Presse, Anann, M ü n c h e n 22, Thierschstrasse ll. 1 tang Mysk t rf On the basis of your letter of 10 February 1943, I ordered that the circulation of the magazine "Böhmen und Mühren" be reduced from 30,000 to 20,000 copies. In addition, I am prepared to have a further reduction in the volume of the magazine by 4 pages per issue (i.e. from 36 to 32 pages), thus saving the paper requirement of a booklet from the 6 issues that have been published annually. Under these conditions, I would ask you to agree that the previous publication of the journal "Böhmen wnd Moravia" will be maintained, since, if only quarterly, the minimum amount of political topicality required by the Reichsprotektor for the special duties of the Protectorate would be lost. I should like to point out that the journal press department in the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklürung und Propaganda has recognized the political importance of this magazine to the publishing house. You can rest assured that, on my own initiative, I am doing the utmost in my field in order to put an end to any paper consumption that is no longer responsible in view of the war situation; so I will again have a considerable number of Czech time sheets set up these days, which are not necessarily necessary for the formation of political moods. That the M.8-xT-3-22/42 -2- B. M. 117