English Translation

Copy. 23 The State Secretary 28 June 1943. of the Reich Ministry of Economics Mr. General Director Z a n g e n Be r l i n W 35 Tiergartenstrasse 5. Dear Mr. Zangen! Jch confirm the receipt of Jhres' letter of 25 June of the same year. In the case of Prague iron, which surprises me in that you think it is right to put an ultimatum, so to speak, on the handling of the matter. Jch notes that the filling of the management of Prager Eisen is primarily a matter for the Board of Directors and that the agreement with regard to the political conditions in the Protectorate is reserved for the appointment of the personality envisaged by the Board to be Angele=genheit des Herr Reichsprotektors in Böhmen and Moravia. On my part, I have merely made myself available= to convey the differences and misunderstandings that have arisen. According to my knowledge of the matter, the accusation against Minister Bertsch, which you make that he is abducting the angels, is unfounded in every respect. Also, Jhnen is probably well-known. that not Minister Bertsch, but the party service of the proposed Pers opinion should also require Mr Bertsch to: