STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 74, sig. 109-1/80

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35 a) 5./ Payments with foreign countries: In the second quarter of 1944, the account held by the Deutsche Verrechnungskasse in Berlin "Payment transactions with foreign markets", through which payments in foreign trade and other remunerations are settled, showed the following movement: foreign payments were paid in ..... 1 87l,1 million K domestic payments were made ......... 602.1 "1 "1 so that an asset of ..... 1 269,- Mill. K resulted. Thus the claims of the Protectorate Bohemia and 00S Moravia from the foreign payment traffic against the German account fund increased to 1l ll8.9 Mill.K. The settlement of the old clearing accounts from the time before the l.Okto-ber l94o progressed further. This account closed on June 3rd with a liability balance of 7o,2 mill. K. The price difference fund, which was formed from the price differences resulting from the appreciation of the crown on the 1.X.l94o, recorded the following movements: as at 31.1II.1944 1o,26 mil1. K + price differences received -.79 11 11 11.5 mill. K - Price improvement in favour of protectorate believers 4.48 .11 K As at 3 June 1944 6.57 Mill. K On the Slovak price compensation fund, a decrease of 7.7 Mill.K. 6./ Foreign exchange and gold stocks is recorded on balance during the reporting period: e Free foreign exchange and Gold stocks: In the second quarter of 1944, the free foreign exchange positions recorded a decrease by 0.9 Mill.C. on balance to 51.3 Mill. K on June 3, 1944. The free gold stock decreased by 0,8 million K to 739.6 million K. b/ Blocked foreign exchange and gold stocks: T The blocked foreign exchange stocks remained unchanged in the period under review at 653.6 million K and the blocked gold stocks at 9l5.5 million K respectively. NJeO m in 9 05965 Eapepopane 0 SAUASABUG* 2 elevnentanod aeñoifantexsvro ni SOU Ye5 Socpon STEAO TTEME MAOI m PAO ilice NT U creletite