English Translation

8k - 5 - 8.1.l940 (German Reichsanzeiger No.7). Also reference is made to dic Order No. 18 of 27.1.1940 (Deutsche Reichsanzeiger No.24). The Reichsstelle für Pa- pier- und Verpackungswesen, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Har- denbergstrasse l5, has the right under these regulations to demand consented information. These must be granted either via the contractor or to the Reichsstelle itself. It must be aimed at using wood-free paper as far as possible wood-based papers. Procurement beyond the 3-month requirement should not be carried out. The field troops have been instructed accordingly by the army intelligence officer at the General Quartermaster. (IVa Az. 4 Persons exempt from the military contribution. The Ministry of Finance of the Protectorate issued on 14.3.40 - CZ 28.7 92/40 - III/8 - the following instructions to the Landesfinanzdirektionen Brünn and Prag: "In accordance with the provisions of § 3, No. 5 of the Gcs. from l9.D.zember 1934, Coll. No. 266, on the military contribution, and the implementing regulation for this purpose are exempt from the contribution of persons who have a foreign nationality. According to Art. 2 of the decree of the Führer and Reichskanzler on the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia of 16 March 1939 (Slg. Nr. 75/l939), the peoples of Germany became German nationals and are not members of the Protectorate. After all persons who are not part of the protectorate are to be understood as foreign nationals, the citizens of Germany are therefore from the military contribution according to § 3 Nr, 5 of the zit. As a result, these persons must be reimbursed for the amount of the military contribution deducted from them in the calendar year l939 or for the purpose of covering income tax or other arrears. =6=