STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1596, sig. 109-4/1350

Page 19

English Translation

16a) 2. Honored Secretary of State ! On 7 March 1940 I have at the Herr Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia abbot. II/1-Jd Senate the request for the grant of the negotiating permit to acquire the "Groß- Porschitscher mechan.Webererei und Leinenwarenfabrik Arnold KRAUS in Groß-Porschitsch" by way of dejudgment; nevertheless I have, I believe, fulfilled all the conditions necessary for such a takeover and various reasons, as I will explain in more detail, would justify a preferential treatment of this my request and moreover, as far as I know, I was the first prospective candidate to apply for this company, I received from the Service Department of the Reichsprotek-