STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2732, sig. 109-14/35

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- 17 - In summary, I can report that, after the 1.10.41, major cases of smuggling and black trade have no longer appeared. The cases still pending with the German Crimean Police, including criminal cases, all date before this date. Special recognition was given to the successful fight against the economic pests in the working class. In this connection, I should like to point out that this fact was also confirmed by the head of the liaison office of the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia to the trade unions, engineer Wilhelm Kõ s t e r , as well as the perception that the distribution of managed goods without marks or points has been heard as well. It is also worth noting that pork is now available throughout the meat shops, which has a good effect on the mood of the population, although on average the butchers receive only about 20 - 30 % of pigmeat from the Cesat division. Although the supply situation in this pleated genus will continue to be extended for a few months, since, despite the pig increase of more than 50% recorded in the last special census, the majority of the animals consist of young pigs which are not ready for slaughter, the necessary quantities of feed may be available for the coming year. It is also clear that the protectorate is a cereal-growing country. The efforts of the German administration can therefore only extend to keeping as low as possible the annual amount of aid to be paid by the Reich, for which the Special Economic Command and the German Criminal Police have their part by prohibiting