THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 3, sig. 110-1/5

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V6 Subject: Measures of war in the administration. I.) New situation by decree of 13.1. d.J. This demands from the Supreme Reich authorities measures for the greatest possible exemption of forces for the Wehrmacht; only the specialists indispensable when applying the strictest standard must be kept. II.) After this further strongest simplification and concentration in all fields indispensable. Certain positions - also within the autonomous administration - may have to be temporarily withdrawn or restricted. Even closure of some areas of work inevitably. Core question: At what point is the use of German forces so important that even under the prevailing circumstances can not be lost? III.) Main tasks of the German administration in the Protectorate in the 4th year of war: 1.) Security and order; 2.) Production. From this follows: a) ·The maintenance of security and order serves the working areas remain fundamentally unaffected (e.g.: police, criminal justice, propaganda, outposts of Germanism such as government commissioners, teachers). (b) The same applies to the production of goods (e.g. /= /=main areas of the industrial economy, agriculture, price formation, employment and wage policy), including the transport services (railway, post). (e.g. banking and savings banks, private insurance, accounting control, archives). IV.)