English Translation

115a) R German concerns. The Bata plant Otrokowitz near Zlin would not have survived the very war-important activated coal operation until now, if the Slovak Bata A.G. had not tried to provide the required charcoal and the official export permits. If Slovakia has a very high clearing balance in relation to the size of Slovakia, and if Slovakia can export under good conditions with Switzerland and other exchange countries, the German wishes given to Slovakia's Bata A.G. were not easily enforced by the Slovak authorities. As we in a very special German enterprise a trading branch of the Bata A.G. Zlin in Turkey, Sweden and Spain, the Slovak Bats company immediately agreed to allow the establishment of sléher foundations by exporting to Switzerland and by trying to persuade the Slovak authorities that these Swiss export visas will be made available for the German interest. X. On the radio address of Minister Gaapar, the German operating director Dr. Miesbach from his conversation with Minister Gaspar noted the following: "If in the Slovak press for the Bata works in Simonovany 5 lead- de people as defectors to the partisans were named, this plague is only the case with the Gutsver- walter Trojan, but not with the 4 other Nemen for the bata works. The guerrilla leader Hlava was taken from the Bata works 402.7