English Translation

2a 0J780 - 2- Even if reduced allocations had to be expected, the fact that these allocations were at least guaranteed would play an important role in the overall policy of the Protectorate. Bienert further stated that the approval of the nutrition authorities from the Reich was still necessary. Appropriate steps had already been taken in Berlin. It is only a formal agreement. Bienert noted that the Minister of Agriculture Hrubý wrote himself the merit for the secure supply. Others again count it Minister Moravec too good. But it is certain that without the understanding of the minister of state the matter would not be so easy and generously resolved. Minister Hrubý had initially tried to involve him (Beenert) as head of government in the matter. He (Benert) had objected that the matter had to be dealt with first by the minister of the department himself. As Minister of the Interior, he (Beinert) could only intervene if it was shown that the foundations of political calm and order were disturbed. As chairman of the government, he was not able to intervene because the Minister of State had already issued him to avoid dealing with matters of concern. The fact that Minister Hruby and his high officials from the ministry and the associations did not want to go directly to the State Secretary lies in unfounded fears in front of the minister of state. After what he (Beenert) had heard, senior officials of the Ministry of Agriculture were mainly afraid that they would not be believed because some had been shot earlier. Bienert noted that the chairman of the association, Holub, was a very capable man who, together with Dr. Palát, the president of the supply department at the Ministry of the Interior, mastered these questions. He had also found the courage to point out the dangers of a disrupted supply situation. He had spoken to Minister Moravec (Beenert) himself, head of F.Sádecký. Moravek had opposed Sádecky because he was an adventurer and had been guilty of various moral transgressions in the NG, Moravez had denounced his reckless relationships with NG's female employees.