English Translation

R 116a did not hold back the fact that the Bata A.G. had been pointed out to the Slovak public in connection with the guerrilla groves without any specific documentation. XI. Without prejudice to official findings, reference may be made to the following a/ The claim that the financing of deş partisans was made by the fact that the Bata people had lifted particular high frauds of previous Kontis just before the Aufetand is not true, since the withdrawals in August mur 1/3 of the withdrawal of July. b/ Simonovany is therefore supposed to have become a centre of rebellion because the Slovak war minister who had been transferred to the Paxtisans came after his departure from Pressburg to Šimonovany and personally let the nearby Kostelany military camp, which is under the authority of the Bata-Verk Šimonovány military authority, join the uprising and occupy the Beta works. Minister Gaspar confirmed that this war minister had scheduled military relocations to central Slovakia to lead the Aufetand from there. o/ The interest of the partisans in the Šimonovany plant was in the possibility of removing 1/ workers' boots from the shoe factory and sales facilities for the equipment of partisan 2/ live means and cattle from the Bata goods and Bats goods house 3/ bed linen and blankets from the Bats internates 4/ construction equipment for the position building from the bata construction department. 5/ Cars and car tires, gasoline and oil from the Bata-llerken. d/ The Slovaks received in part by the Slovak authorities the real convocation orders to the partisans. e/ The plant Batovany is completely unseen and completely for themselves. The gendarmerie station and the nearby military camp were the first to pass to the guerrillas. 40258