English Translation

24 The Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia I 1 c - 5700 Prague, 9 July 1941 To the Prime Minister in p_rag Subject: Payment of official salaries to arrested public servants - Mitigation of halt reduction Reference My letters of 23.5.1940,I 1 d - 664 and 19.2.1941,I I 1c - 5 700 Annex: - With my above-mentioned letters it was established that in cases in which In the case of public employees who are subject to the law or who are dependent on the law, the reduction of their salary would endanger the life of the dependants, except in cases where the reduction in their salary may be mitigated, and in cases of retroactive reduction, it is necessary to do so in each case. I have reserved this permission for myself. In amendment to this provision, I would ask that the consent to mitigate salary reductions be obtained in future from the following services: l.) In the case of my (a) the staff of the central authorities and the persons treated as such; (c) the staff of the institutions, undertakings and funds belonging to or managed by the Protectorate, in which the characteristics of (a) and (b) are present. 2.