English Translation

al State Vice President of Moravia Dr. Karl Schwabe Brünn, 5.Jänner 1942. SS-Standartenführer Lo des S oa 3ns be Reic in Bohmen Eing.: - 9. JAN. 1942 Group leader! My sister's husband, Hans Greipel, is seeking to acquire the iron-processing company Schiff & Stern in Brno by means of an arsenal.(Large approximately 80 employees) In one of his preliminary talks, he was told by the competent office that, although he had been recommended by all the relevant bodies, the company is seeking further candidates, one of whom is in favour of the support of President Kerrl and the other of the Göring Group. The official in question expressed in grateful openness to my brother-in-law that, as a small official, he was obliged to take heed of this circumstance and that, in the end, the decision would fail in favour of the one in whose favour the "longer hand " worked. Since my brother-in-law was in the lead of a company of a very similar nature over a number of years and, consequently, following the opinion of the competent authority,which had to be regarded as an expert for the company in question, continued to demonstrate the existence of the required amount of money and, finally, conducted the negotiations with full responsibility, so I could find out that he was operating the matter with visible seriousness, I believed that I was my brother - in law and as an SS comrade to whom he is guilty, to decide with a view to the "longer hand" to turn to you and to ask you for this "long longer hand". This request was made to you following one of my personal messages in the presence of the comrade Böhme. "Protection" I had expressly not requested from you, but rather the opposite, namely the Aus-