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Prague, 31 January 1941 AV The Imperial Protector in Böiunen and Moravia No. I l b - 2990 An a)all groups b)the Oberlandraten Nachrichtlich ue c)the Central Administration d)the Divisions I - Iy e)the Office for the Land of Moravia in Brno fdas Office of the Imperial Protector g)the office of the State Secretary h)the Bureau of the Secretary of State 1 i)the BdS .cc.d k) the Bdo 1)the Party Liaison Office //0.47. Subject : Fund for the promotion of the German people; here: unused balances from the fiscal year 1940 Appendices : 1 Experience has shown that in certain areas of popular work the amounts available to the groups can no longer be used to the full by the end of the financial year, while in other areas urgent needs are still to be satisfied, I would point out in particular that the funds of the Volkstumfond (Section IV, Chapter 1, Title 32) are not transferable, i.e. that the amounts not required up to 31.3.l94l or the amounts actually spent up to 30.4.l94I are not recoverable. I would therefore ask the Central Unit at Group I 1 to inform as soon as possible, by March 1994 at the latest, whether and to what extent the amounts made available will remain unused in the current financial year.As some Upper Land Councils still have ambiguities as to which groups are responsible for managing the funds, I attach to the annex the breakdown of the Volkstumsfonds, indicating the group competence, 21 On behalf of: Dr. Mokry Certified : hamrite registrator