English Translation

13 October 1942. State Secretary. St.S. 415/42. + 3 1.) To Mr. Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Konrad Henlein, Reichenberg, Gauleitung. Dear party comrade Henlein te The agreement mentioned in your letter of the ll.9.d.Js. 150 lorries from the Sudetenland were converted into Bohemia and Moravia within 3 months, with partial deferment of the own conversion programme to help bridge the start-up of the reinforced conversion in Sudetensgau. At the same time, care was taken to ensure that craftsmen from the Sudetengau in local conversion workshops gain the necessary knowledge and experience. Up to the l.l0.d., however, only 3o vehicles had appeared and were converted, because the lists of the remodelling vehicles were frequently modified and objected by the vehicle holders. The generators and workstations provided for the conversion of the l50 lorries have therefore been used only to a small extent. On the other hand, unfortunately, the generators and working conditions could not be otherwise available from here, because a late arrival of the trucks from the Sudetenland had to be expected. The country representative for the Sudetenland of the Central Office for Generators informed the head of my Sarassenverkehr group, who is at the same time the Land representative for Böhnent and Mähren of the central office for generators, that he was convinced that the capacity of 25% in Böhmen and Mähren, which was approved for the conversion of generators by the Wehrmacht, would be exploited, but that he would be able to