English Translation

tbac The German Minister of State Prague, 70th Apr 1944 for Bohemia and Moravia No. I 2 RV - 713O 1) To the High Command of the Wehrmacht in Berlin Betr.: Conversations to the Wermacht from the conflict in Bohemia and Mähren here: Exchange of called forces against not yet convened. younger staff. 2 Reference: My letter of 24.11.1943 - I RV-7130/43, your letter of 17. 2.1944, -Wehrersatzamt / Abt.E (Vb) Nr= 4077/43. demonstrated that, with regard to the special conditions in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, whiter convocations from the local administration to the Wehrmacht cannot be accepted with honor, unless the fulfilment of the order given to me by the Führer for this space should be made impossible. In your reply of 17.2.1944, you acknowledged the need to take account of the special conditions in the Protectorate. I hope to be able to count on your understanding of the following matter. I am interested in an exchange of such officials who were subject to particularly important areas of work prior to their convocation in my business. I would like to see these very important forces, after having been at the front for a long time, on a case-by-case basis against militarily equally usable conscripts of my business exchange. I would also ask you to agree that such Wehrmacht members who are not used on the front and in whom I have a special interest in my field of business because of their previous activities can be exchanged for front= usable staff. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express my appreciation for this exchange, which I would use only to a very limited extent - for the time being, for example, if there were a number of staff in question - and I would ask you to do as much as possible.