STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1461, sig. 109-4/1215

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In addition to photocopier apparatuses and light meters for group IV, 9 Fo- tors (kontax, Leica) were added to the value of K. 29.220.--, special attention was paid to the purchase of typewriters, except for l6 travel typewriter, we established the new purchase of 85 typewriter in the total value of approx. K.370.ooo.- 119 For a long time after acceptance by the new financial management invoices were received without order forms. In many cases, it was not possible at first to determine where the materials had come from. When purchasing office furniture, carpets, typewriters, etc., it became more difficult to find out that the location of the items in question was not known, since there was no inventory until l.l.l939. All purchases and orders were placed to a minimum by group manager Baumann after taking over the official business. 120 The order of an aircraft type Messerschmitt "Taifun" at the price of RM 4l.oo0.- according to the offer of the Berlin office of the company Messerschmidt from 2.8.1939 had already been initiated by Pg. Bicker. The contract had already been signed, but the dispatch has been stopped. Furthermore, the convocation of the pilot has been omitted. 121 After the new financial management was switched on, long work was carried out on the basis of the paid and un-