THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1777, sig. 109-5/5

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LLa age groups of Jetziger Kür- Neuer Notventige Versorg. zung Versorg. Verstorg. Einsparung Claim in Breadwert f Vers.Ztr 2000 Zonnen Adults from 20 J. at 8,000 2,900 5,100 340,1 Jugendl.v.lo up to under 20 years 10,400 3,800 6,600 47.3 Children from 6 b.unt..lo J. 6,800 2,500 4,300 -20.2 " " 3" " 6 J. 4,800 1,800 3,000 5,6 1 " " 1 3 J. 3,600 1,300 2,300 4,4 In this 2. The reduction would still amount to 36.7%, and this figure also indicates that a reduction in this environment cannot be carried out for reasons of nutrition and for political reasons. In both cases it has been assumed that the reduction will not affect the individual pensioners and the defence workers in the narrow sense (together about 500,000 adults) and that the increase in the ratio of 1 kg of bread per head and 4 weeks in the Reichsgebiet from 19 October 42 has already been introduced for this group of pensioners. In my view, according to the rule in the Reich, the ration of the 41st supply period from 26.10.42 must be increased by 1 kg for normal consumers per head and supply period. This would result in an additional demand of about 34,500 tonnes of cereals, so that the surplus resulting from the estimate would amount to about 127,000 tonnes. It is therefore necessary to propose to the Reichsmarschall that the supply of the Protectorate should first be reduced to 93,000 tonnes in accordance with the present state of harvest estimates. However, it is of course necessary to provide the Reich with additional surpluses, which are obtained immediately from the relevant recording. (b) Forage cereals The delivery of 30,000 tonnes of fodder cereals, which was not yet mentioned at all at the meeting on 6.8.42, is not feasible, since the supply precautions for feed cereals already have an unmet need for oats of 26,000 tonnes and for barley of 3/800 tonnes. On the barley side, I would like to point out that the brewing industry's requirements for barley from the 1942 harvest are already in line with the scheme planned in the Reich for the coming marketing year 05056