STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1521, sig. 109-4/1275

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17 6 Pall Havlicek, by the way, is so characteristic of the conditions in the Skodawerke that he deserves a further discussion.- The history of de-awareness of the Ph.F.A. entitles the staff of the dics department to be thoroughly engaged in German hostile,- Dr. Ing. Havlicek has also acquired a special reputation as a German hater.- This can now became the head of the Ph.F.A.! This has given the staff of this department one of its fierce leaders! And in this department, as reported, war-important secret constructions of target and retaliatory equipment for aircraft defense are now being processed.- Such conditions are hardly available in grotesque irony.Similar conditions are also to be described in the weapon factory, the most important Wehrmacht matters are entrusted to Chechens for treatment, the Germans deliberately kept away.- The Czech directors Binder and Tusl represent the Skodawerke in important negotiations with deutach armament companies, in which most secret production programs are discussed, although the German director Löhrl, vice director Porkert and Kraus at least equal value negotiators, but necessarily more reliable secrets. In summary, it should be noted that the German following of the Skodawerke is well aware that self-interest is to be subordinated to the interests of the state, especially in the war, - The unsustainable conditions described, however, seriously damage the German reputation and therefore trigger legitimate pleas. They result from the almost unlimited