NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1316, sig. 110-12/142 Page 10 · 10 of 40
Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1316, sig. 110-12/142
English Translation
D St. I. IX C - 13 b/43 g. Prague, 6 November 1943. Secret N 1943 Urgent! Present immediately! To Mr. Gauleiter Dr. Jury. Wieng Gauleitung. Dear Party Comrade Jury ! ReichsorganisationsleiterDr. Ley approached me with the request to exchange Reichshauptstellenleiter Köster in his capacity as head of my liaison with the Tachechian trade unions against former DNsAP MP and trade union leader Kasper. Dr. Ley renewed this wish during his last visit to Prague. Since I had the intention to have Köster replaced in the next few months by a new man in the above-mentioned property, because from political considerations - not as a result of the failure of Köster, whose tireless commitment I know quite well - a change of person in this position seemed to be appropriate, the proposal was very convenient to me. In the meantime Kasper has been taken on board and he has happily agreed to this plan. Kasper's use would have the great advantage of having a man at my disposal for a politically eminently important task, who knows the country and people and above all their language, including the last armaments and miners, xn-52c 43