English Translation

Copy The German Minister of State Prague IV, 25 June 1944 for Bohemia and Moravia Telex: Prague 093 I 2 - 7112/ 190 Nr. g Behek. It is requested to indicate this trade mark and the subject matter with further letters. Accounts of the Oberkasse: Post-saving bank account No. 98,500 and current account with the National Bank of Bohemia and Mähren in Prague. 1) To the Reichsminister der Luftfahrt und Oberkommandshaber der Lufftwaffe z.Hd.v.H.Oberstltnt.H e 1 1 e r oViA. in B e r l i n W 8 Subject: Referral to the service in the homeland Flak On the letter of 29.4.1944 - Generalquartiermeister No. 14114/44 go.(2.Abt.III C2) With your statement to my letter of 1.4.1994 I cannot explain myself. I, too, believe that all available and appropriate forces must be used to the broadest extent for the service in the Homeland Flak, and I have also promoted this particularly strongly in the area of the party district of Prague. Over 2/3 of all civil servants and employees of the authority of my narrower and wider business area, as well as of all the subordinate authorities and departments I have released for service in the Homeland Flak. However, contrary to the regulations in force in the rest of the Reich, the party is engaged to a limited extent in air protection matters, taking into account the special situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which is not comparable with other Reichs-shares. All these matters are controlled exclusively by me, so that the order given to me by the Führer for this space can be carried out. Only I alone can decide in Bohemia and Moravia which servants must be available to me for the execution of this order at the present time. I must therefore insist that the 455