Installing parquet floor with a paper base
 

Hi everybody,
I have bought some parquet on a garage sale (1 sq. ft pieces) which
consists of small oak planks glued together on a square piece of paper
(no metal strings like in modern parquet). The paper base has rows of
holes of about 1/4" in it. My question is: is this parquet ready to be
installed, or the paper has to be removed somehow before installation?
The parquet itself is new, but, I guess, it has been manufactured some
time ago.

Thanks a lot!

Viktor