English Translation

WalterSchroeder Prag, 4.4.1940 VVo Chief Government Councillor Velvarska 131 If Dr. G r e v e n now states that after he had clarified the case to me, I would have lent him in full knowledge of the determination of the money RM 450.-, this is completely untrue. I can be certain, but I can also take care of it, for 1. I live from my salary as an official and have no additional income. At the credit office of the Germans I have an account, which out of savings is constantly between crowns 15 ooo and 2o ooo.-. I got my salaries at that time from Reichstreuhänder of the work, Mittel-Elbe. Just in November, an old advance issued by the Reichsarbeitsminister in May 1939 was withheld, so that - as the enclosed postal section indicates - only RM 2o9.13 was paid as remuneration of November 1939. So if I had borrowed Dr. Greven RM 450, I would have had to withdraw it from my account with the Kreditanstalt der Deutschen. As the enclosed bank statements show, I owned a property of K. 16 675.5o on 27thlo. This property has increased on 7.ll. by a repayment of the Reichsversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte to K 17 492.-. On 23.1l. only then did I withdraw an amount of K l5oo.- for the household. As can be seen from the attached annual account of the German credit institution, such a higher amount has not been deducted at all by the end of the year. For the sake of completeness, I mentioned that the amount of K 47So.- recorded in the final account was spent on the quarterly annual co-payment 1939.