English Translation

The claim that the statement I made in my handwritten form under paragraph 2 of the draft was wrong is therefore rejected with all my determination. 2. It is not true that the absence of a delimitation of jurisdiction had led to widespread disorganization and illegality. I hold on to this and allow myself to refer to the long-term unclear situation as it has been shown by the Oberlandrats and has led to numerous oral and written ideas and questions. SS-Oberführer von Gottberg justified his argument by the fact that it was not possible for him to explain how, under such circumstances, I myself, on pages 4 and 5 of the draft, in addition to the Aryanisation Ordinance, described the right of protectorate as a particularly favourable source of law for the pursuit of monetary policy. It goes without saying that the regulation of arbitration and protectorate law, in so far as both allow the establishment of trustees and coercive administrators, are favourable sources of law; but for their exploitation it is necessary to avoid the existing illegality of the clear delimitation of jurisdiction. The practicality of the application of the protection law therefore does not constitute an objection to the necessity of delimitation of jurisdiction. 3.) I would have made it clear through the draft that I did not learn anything from German history and also from the emergence of the National Socialist movement. Against this assertion, I must take a firm stand. I can also give SS-Oberführer von Gottberg the right, if necessary, to make such statements, apart from the fact that it is at least unusual to oppose purely factual views of personal attacks, and that the step-by-step approach to land policy