English Translation

Draft 82 To the Reichswirtschaftsministerium z.Hd. Herrn State Secretary Dr.Landfried Berlin W 8 Unter den Linden Dear State Secretary ! On 2 March the Reich Ministry of Economics sent the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia an extract of a report received there about an advertising campaign of the Volk und Reich Verlag in Berlin for the new magazine "Böhmen und Mihren! It was pointed out that the approach of the industrial association or the industrial group Metall- industrie was not in the sense of the Reichsprotector and it was asked to inform the Reich Ministry of Economics about what was done. This report, given by the publishing house of the South East Echo, does not correspond in any way to the facts, but rather reproduces unverified communications and narratives, probably primarily of Czech enterprises. I would therefore like to give you an overview of the measures I have taken to secure and build up the magazine "Bohemians and Moravia, Bulletin of the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia". I do not need to discuss with you, Mr. State Secretary, the specificity of the political situation in Bohemia or Moravia. German politics demands a new and own way of interpreting our claim to space and leadership of Bohemia and Moravia, especially towards the Czech people. After careful preparatory work, the Reichs-protector decided among other things to establish a political magazine. In the present financial situation of the empire this work could not be secured by official subsidies, the funds had to be raised here itself. I found with the industrial association a way, which ensures the magazine through advertisements of the entire Bohemian-Mauritian industry. It is an amount for which the local