English Translation

Copies of the Department of Finance Prague, 27 May 1944. I - 1130 - 90 o 4 - Obergruppenführer Minister of State F r a n k. Subject:German-Slovak negotiations on the implementation of the agreement of 13 April 1940. Reference: Letter from the German Minister of the State to Ministerial Director Schultze-Schlutius dated 3 January 1984 No.M 59/44. The Chairman of the German Government Council, Ministerial Director Sehultze - Schlutius, who is currently negotiating issues of foreign trade - Slovak goods - and payment transactions - has today been appointed by the High Government Councillor Dr. Winkler, who has been part of the negotiations for a period of time, to inform the following: The Chairmanof the Slovak Government Committee, Minister Polyak, has requested in writing that the German-Slo=Wakian Government Committees. In the course of the present session, the following questions will be addressed: l./The division of the assets of the former Czechoslovak republic's organizations entrusted with the management of alcohol, which has become necessary as a result of the disintegration of the Republic and the consequent withdrawal of the previous Slovak members of the Association. ./The fixing of the selling value for the subsidiary of the company Sublima A.G.in Bréssnitz, which was established in Slovakia in accordance with point l3(2) of the German-Slovak Agreement of 13 April 1940, was granted free of charge to the Slovak State, whereas the remaining 49 %, at the request of the Slowa=Kigchen Government, will now be paid against payment of a purchase price still fixed to the Slovakian State. Ministerial Director Schultze-Schlutius intends to comply with the slówakian application.He wants to discuss the two items in the week from 30 May to 3 June 1984 in Pressburg and considers it urgently desirable that the Ministerial Councillor Schmeißer will come immediately to Pressburg to take part in the negotiations. The German-Slovak government committees are responsible for the questions of mutual goods and payments. The negotiations initiated by Minister Polyak do not refer to Pragues of goods and payment transactions, nor to the implementation of the German-slovak agreement of 13 April 1940 on the sovereign debt and the state assets of the former. Czechoslovak.Republic. These negotiations have so far been conducted directly between the German Ministry of State Prague and the Slovak Ministry of Finance with the approval of the Foreign Affairs Ant =