English Translation

- - - 6 - of other states which have emerged in relation to Hungary. As regards the question of nationality, the Federal Foreign Office proposes that the Federal Government should approach the United Kingdom on the basis of a limitation of the conditions laid down for the acquisition of Hungarian nationality.If the German wishes to be discussed in this context also relate to German nationals, I would nevertheless like to take a final position on the proposal of the Reichsstatthalter in Styria, since the course of the suggested discussions cannot be overlooked,at first wait for the outcome of these discussions. d) The Kdr.General and Commander in Serbia has suggested that all Germans in the Banat should be granted German nationality by general order, but that they should ensure that, at the handover of the Banad to Hungary, which was agreed for the end of the war, they automatically acquired Hungarian nationality without losing German nationality. General and commander in Serbia, however, pointed out that the Germans in the Banat did not wish to be resettled into the Reich, but wanted to maintain their former residences; he also pointed out, from the different treatment of the Germans of the People in the banat towards the Germans from the Batschka and the rest of Hungary, that the German Germans are currently being treated I agree in principle with the view that it would be desirable if the nationals of the German ethnic groups abroad, in addition to their previous nationality, were to have German nationality in principle; however, it would nevertheless be necessary to ensure that the emigration of German ethnic minorities would be carried out in an appropriate manner. This possibility does not exist at present, especially in view of the need for workers in the Reich. Quite apart from the fact that the granting of German citizenship to the Banat Germans could lead to inconsistencies with Hungary, which must be avoided during the war, and that in the case of the People's Germans from the Batschka and the other areas attached to Hungary, which have not acquired German nationality alongside the Hungarians, there was undesired dissension 53939.