STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 179, sig. 109-2/81

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El The Imperial Protector Prague. July 18, 1940 in Bohemia and Moravia $ 1x=21382/40. An lods.40 a/ the Moravian Group in Brno b/ the Lords Oberlandraten in Bohemia and Moravia. The special envoy of the Deutsche Reichsbank to the National Bank for Bohemia and the Moravians in Prague gave me under the 12th century. In July 1940, the Reichsbank informed the following: "The reason for yesterday's telephone communication was that the National Bank of Bohemia and Moravia agreed to the entry of French francs, Belgian francs, Luxembourg francs and Dutch guilders by German Wehrmac.its members on behalf of the Reich Bank, provisionally at the following rates: French francs l00,-- = RM 5,- - Belgian 100,- = rm 10,-− Luxembourgish " 100, - = Rm 12,50 Dutch guilder 100,,-= RM 150,-, The National Bank and its branches are informed accordingly. For their part, the branches are instructed to inform the responsible Lords Oberlandraten of their authorization to bring in the above mentioned varieties." Commissioned by gezy by Reinhard Certified: . Message to: e/ the office of Mr. Reichsprotector E