English Translation

3 - 65 The Yugoslavian Bank Agram (now Croatian Landesbank) controlled by the Prague Commercial Bank is to be brought under the decisive influence of the Dresdner Bank Group. ewerbebank will retain a minority. Within the Dresden Bank Group, Böhmische Escompte Bank will receive the largest share share. The Croatian government has already approved this transaction in principle. II. Consul-General Neuhausen, the general authority of the military commander for the Serbian economy, has declared that there is no concern about the continuation of economic relations between Czechs and Serbs. Although Czech emigrants in Belgrade had undoubtedly worked against the Reich before, Neuhausen believes that this danger is insignificant under today's conditions. The Reichswerke Hermann Göring tried to lay hands on Serbian state-owned enterprises in a way that was described as unpleasant by Consul General Neuhausen in order to secure the long-term demands of the Škoda-Werke and the Brinn weapons mentioned above. In the meantime, the Reichswerke have been allowed to appoint commissioners to some important state enterprises of the iron and machine industry. A settlement agreement between the Reich and Serbia is in preparation according to the model of the Croatian regulation. For the exchange of goods between the Empire and Serbia the preliminary discussions have been concluded. In the future, only two Serbian and one German trading banks will operate in Serbia. Consul-General Neuhausen wishes, in agreement with the Berlin authorities, that -4