STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1199, sig. 109-4/953

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THE TRANSPORT SMINISTRY Bureau of State Secretary Zl. 238/k.m./40. Priagökaentnd. Eing.: 11. JUNE 1940 Tgb. Nr.: 3310 Dear Secretary of State, I tried to give you my message by telephoning yesterday evening about the disturbance in the Reichsssender Melnik, but I did not reach you to my office any more. Therefore I allow myself to inform you /.#the facts in this way. Immediately after your call, I let the Ministry of Transport investigate the matter, with inspection bodies and inquiries from the Association of Electricity Plants of the Central Bohemian Districts ascertaining that in the network of the said Association by atnospheric : It is said that the Association of Electrical Works has made every effort to reduce the number of discharges by about 1 l/2 hours, resulting in an interruption in the supply of electricity and thus also in the transmission of the Reichsssender Melnik.