English Translation

2E Prague, 1l. January 1945. Secret ! Ve r m e r k. Right in the first meeting about the ski jump operation in Niederdonau the Obergruppenführer had at his disposal that Minister Hruby_ and Dr. Teuner visited the Czechs at Christmas or New Year. The visit was planned for New Year's, but was postponed by one week, until 7 January, in view of the fact that the conditions had not yet been fully clarified. All preparations were made for this day. Various things were also prepared on the spot, which I had discussed in detail with Oberbannführer Dreßler. The visit would have been quite desirable and it is not understandable to me why Gauleiter Jury expressed the opposite wish. Dr. Holik was once in Niederdonau every week since the start of the ski jump operation. He took over the ongoing control of the faithfulness in agreement with me, because he does not have his farm too far from there. If the use of the Tsehechen in Niederdonau has so far worked so exemplaryly, then a large part of this merit is Dr. Holik, who has tried to find all sorts of things that could not be delivered below, be they buckets, lamps, tools, cardboard for sealing the barns and all kinds of other things. For the visit of the Minister, he had now commissioned two Czech district observatories of the Agriculture Association (Raške from Boskowitz and Motal from Kremsier) to travel with him. He only learned about the departure of the visit on Saturday morning, shortly before his departure, by the Czech State Secretary Vašina, who told him by telephone that the return of the minister had been cancelled. From this Holik in no way needed to conclude that he was not allowed to drive, especially when he had already been there the two Sundays before, at Christmas and at New Year's Day, and these visits have always been welcomed by me. The two Bezirksobmänner were already on the way outside by train, as well as the preparations could not be canceled on the spot, because I only received notice of the refusal of the minister visit during the later Saturday morning and by telephone -2-