STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1620, sig. 109-4/1375 (damaged)

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Nev SSCAS 30 8 The Head of Division V Prague, April 14, 1943. BY Confidential! Mr. S t a t s e s e k r e tä r. - - With General Director Zangen I had a two-hour debate today in the presence of the Ministerial Council of Wedelstädt on the new formation of the Board of Directors at Prague Iron. Please allow me to give an oral lecture on this subject. At the same time, I will do the ordered re-spra=che about the report of the SD section of Prague of March 30, 1943 on Prague iron. I can already note that the assumption that Director Dr. Gerlach is fully under the influence of the Chief Director Czeike, in his opinion. Dr. Gerlach, for his part, expressed the wish that Chief Director Czeike should now be rushed into Ru= hestand. That this has not yet happened, although I also strongly believe that it is necessary to go back to this point with Director-General, shares the view that the Oberd is retiring: