English Translation

La - 2 - "I ask you to ensure that special trains and special vehicles (especially sleeping cars) are applied to the Reichsbahn in your business area only if compelling Reich interests require it, so that rejecting resolutions of the Reich Transport Minister can be kept to a minimum. "I It follows from this that the journeys of the Secretary of State in the saloon car of the Bohemian-Mährische Bahnen on Reichsbahn lines require the approval of the Reich Transport Minister and are subject to the restrictions imposed by the war conditions. Pür the routes on the Deutsche Reichsbahn would be charged by the German Reichs Railway as payment of the fare for at least 1 0 tickets I. Class, as long as the journeys of the Secretary of State are not equal to those of the Reichsminister. For a trip to Berlin on the night of 9th to 1st/12th. 194l it would be possible to carry the saloon car in Prague without any special operating expenses, the continuation on Reichsbahn lines would have to be agreed with the Reichsverkehrsministerium; in addition, the above payment would have had to be made. Zt cannot be assessed when the salon car could be returned without a special operating burden on Reichenbahn. I ask you to inform Mr. Secretary of State about this situation.