English Translation

f t The German Minister of State Prague, 11 November 1943 for Bohemia and Moravia / Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Fr a n k II e Gen d 4017 Betrifrt: Exercise of the right of grace by the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Kähren. On the letter of 3 November 1943 -Rk 11812 D - Very venerable Nerr Reichsminister! With the exercises of the Reicheminister of the Justis of 21 November 1943 October 1943 - 4253 IV a 1544/43 - I cannot agree to declare a division of powers in the sense of its Right of grace in criminal matters from the protectorate of Bühmen and Moravia to the Reichsprotektor and the thereby persecuted rejects not just. In particular, it seems to me, for reasons of principle, quite wrong to make a "until further" provision on any point - i.e. for the Dauèr of the war - since such a solution would reduce the transfer of the right of grace by the leader to a simplification or emergency measure, which would undoubtedly reduce both the reputation of the Lord Reich Protector and indirectly the weight of my influence in the eyes of the departments involved and you - according to my previous experience - the defender and thus the public, To the Minister of the Reich and head of Reichskanslei Dr, Lammers in BAUTX8 Voßstraße 6