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THE CHAIRMAN NNT 20.0ktober 1944 THE WAFF-34 BOHMEN AND MAHREN Prague, EE 2 3 OKT. 1944 Nuremberger Straße 27 Ia - Az.: 63u10/P/U Betr.: Agriculture on the troop suburf place "Bohmen" Reference: Concerning the operation Ann.: -10- poom Ministerart re An das totazeey E 23 OKT, 1944 L N German State Ministry 9 eeb TUST bet z.Hd.v.Ministerial Council Üseds P dnabnsmmol b -Standartenführer Dr. G e s PragIV Czernin-Palais. US NS DED doos. Concerning agriculture, the process is returned on the /-force exercise eto place "Boehmen". 1.) In the letter of 6.10. already on all points was taken. 2.) Report by Dept. VI/1 of 2 October to the Qbergruppenführer: Paragraph 2 is based on a mistake, since the force with a total of more than 5000 men has been used partly for agricultural work for a whole week. Paragraph 3 is based on a complete ignorance of things.Before the clerk makes such demands as the fact that the training of the troops on a troop training ground! It is only mentioned here that artillery targets are only a very small part of the square.In general, these are the lines of shooting on which armored grenadiers shoot with the Jnfanterie weapons and related heavy weapons.The range of this moder- In the case of the heavy occupation of the square with currently more than 30.000 men, it is clear that it is necessary to shoot at the few shooting lanes every day.The clerk should once himself state how he feels about a reduction in this safety and safety. I think we're in the middle of something like this. 3.) The report of Dr. Biesalski has no practical value.It is impossible to gain an overview of the handling of agriculture on the 48.o00 ha area during a walking trip of a few hours,which according to the indicated route touched only a fraction of the place and ran essentially across the shooting tracks. 4.) Two points are completely overlooked. a) The harvest in the Protectorate was exceptionally delayed by the lack of weather in that year and delayed in the intervention itself. b) Especially in the southern part of the square, i.e. in the zone, which was the last to be settled, the cultivation of bread-growers was carried out essentially by the former owners (Czech peasants) on the basis of the conditions available so far, thus without regard to the troop requirements (moulding tracks). St.M.√-2512c/44 141