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

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- 4 - 2S IV. Supply of the Wehrmacht. The Reichsmarschall expects that the Wehrenmacht standing in the Protectorate will be supplied from the area. So far all grain milling products have been procured for the Wehnmacht in the supply way from the rest of the Reich. For the fourth year of the war, the army administration in Prague initially requested 43 000 tonnes of bread grain. In the event of their delivery, the surplus numbers of the protectorate as stated under I) would decrease accordingly. Furthermore, the military administration requires the supply of 33 000 tonnes oats for the 4th year of war. The current harvest results for putter cereals do not allow a supply of oats to the Wehrmacht. According to the agreements made at that time with the Reich Food Ministry and the High Command of the Army, the quantities of meat and sausages, butter, bacon, lard and margarine were made available from the Protectorate in February 1994l and were continuously refunded from the Reich stocks. 1 180 tonnes of fat in total. Taking into account the catastrophic supply situation of the protectorate in the fat area described under II), it is readily apparent that the supply of fat from the supply to the power of the Protectorate without return from the rest of the empire is, in the worst case, impossible. The supply of the Wehrmacht with other food products such as milk, eggs, vegetables, sugar etc. is already taking place finally from the region. It seems necessary to regulate the current supply of both the Werausmacht and the replacement