STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1583, sig. 109-4/1337 Page 72 · 72 of 111
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1583, sig. 109-4/1337
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-4- the right to be removed from any doubt. The same applies to the fixing of allowances, etc. It is the duty of the coercive administrator to balance management in such a way that it corresponds to the principles of proper management. All measures which are not within the scope of proper management can be carried out by the coercive administrator with agreement or through the mandate of the supervisory authority. In the case of Colloredo-Mannsfeld, it is left to be dealt with more closely, since the case is to be regarded as finally settled. On the basis of the considerations set out in paragraph 6, I propose that the Secret State Police's memo be submitted for an opinion, since I assume that it will not simply take note of the individual points. After the imposition of the compulsory administrations, it became apparent that the majority of the noble enterprises were not managed as much as a large enterprise should be expected, taking into account the need for war. It was found that economic management had serious shortcomings and thus had to be regarded as justified by the purely economic point of view of the imposition of compulsory management, which covered not only agriculture, but also forestry which is quite significant in individual farms. I have led to a detailed report on the economic situation in each of the firms in question, so that these reports can then be used objectively to demonstrate from a purely economic point of view the way in which the people concerned have managed their economies, so as to further assess whether economic management has complied with political and war-related requirements. In purely political terms, it should be pointed out that the Czech-Slovak Republic is currently being taken into consideration by the Czech land reform virtually all German large-scale property in the Protectorate.