English Translation

Dud.c is 1.l inbL. en 12 Eing. -2.FEB.1943 Report for the Presidential Chief, SR ttindoedstiel-Ca mov US MeX 6N US Mosgou" jep pape yop LONG The solemn introduction of Dr.C u c_ into the office of Chairman of the Central Office of Public Services took place at l6.1.l943 at 11.30 a.m. and took a very worthy course. The invited punctuators and the Czech representatives of the central authorities, three presidents, took part in the event. In German, only Ing. Köster, Ing, Landzia and Dr. Hofmann/ from the liaison office of the Reichsprotektor to the trade unions and me were present. The ceremonial framework of the event was underlined by the instrumental and final piece of music. The presentation of the speeches found strong applause. At the end of the celebration, the Minister, as Honorary President, personally said goodbye to the individual participants. As far as possible, the places designated by the SD section of Prague in the draft speeches for inappropriate were eliminated before they were stopped, as four main storm leader Dr. Landmann made me aware of this only a few minutes before the beginning of the celebration, but could no longer describe the exact places, since he had not had the speeches available. The Führer- und Präsidentehrung was presented in the text of Dr.Cuc proposed by the SD-leitungspart. I attach a copy of the text, which I handed over to Dr. Cuc before the celebration. The daily press gave short reports of the celebration on Sunday and Monday, and some newspapers also gave a picture of the most prominent series of people present (Minister Bienert with the representatives of the liaison office to the trade unions). SnlLeT Teb The evaluation of the ceremony and the speeches in the specialist press of the public servants is to take place first. In speeches 49P 81883 St..πB-122l/42