GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 859, sig. 110-7/21

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English Translation

The Commander-in-Chief St.Qu., aen 29.1.1945 14 of the air fleet Reich inlster Elng.: - 7. FEB. 1045 To the Lord Reich Protector and State Minister SS-Obergruppenführer Frank Prague Dear Minister of State! Due to the surprising development of the situation, the Lord Imperial Marshal has been forced to set up and order his own airway for the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Despite the utmost urgency, the Luftgau XVII in Vienna, which was commissioned to do so, has not been able to obtain a suitable staff quarters in the Protectorate for the staff who have returned from Finland. As no additional means of communication are available, the location of the staff quarters must be established in Prague or in the immediate vicinity. The longer the staff's ability to work is delayed and the further the development on the eastern front progresses, the more obvious St.M sh/2r-f \}