English Translation

17 October 1942. The State Secretary. St.3.421/42. 17. X. 1942 1.) To the head of the staff of the Reich Head of the Press of the NSDAP, Party comrade Rolf R i n h a r d t , Berlin W 35, Count Spee-Strasse 20. Dear Party comrade Rienhardt ! I have been informed that all the difficulties that have been encountered so far in the publication of a German newspaper published twice a week in Pilsen have now been overcome by mutual agreement between all interested parties and that the issue of this newspaper will begin on 1 November. In this context, I was pleased that in the foreseeable future there will be the possibility of merging this newspaper with the previous "German messenger" in Klattau. This measure is quite in the political line I represent in the area of Bohemia and Moravia and is suitable to promote in a special way the tasks of the people's policy in the Western Bohemian region. With regard to these tasks, I would ask you not to give the magazine to be published in Pilsen the character of a pronounced local Pilsen newspaper, because then the advantages that would come from merging with the "German Messenger" X11H-2/42