English Translation

8 Dr.von Burgsdorff Prague, 15th Nov.1941 Under-Secretary of State hA mnaue boMrfplap mifrgnaraila n hufp arbNan. au1Iu2 It presented to me the Ing. K a l i n a and r s d t s Chairman of the Examination Commission WEIGANDT. He has put forward the following: 1.) The Saupe Group must now be properly occupied so that it can meet the high demands placed on it; it would now be the case that even the construction of war-related companies would be impeded by the fact that the necessary tests by the Saupe group could not be carried out in a legitimate manner. 2.) Kalina has made statements about Blechwalzwerke AG. Prague in Leschkowitz near Moravia Ostrau and has presented a note for this, which I have already forwarded to Dr. Bertsch. He has criticised that the plant is managed Czech, although it would be purely German in terms of capital. In the administrative council there are 7 Germans and 5 Czechs. The head is the Czech Krulißranda. The central director would be the Czech Ing. Ofinek. The plant will be built in Bälde for 15 million. Kalina proposes to install the Dipl.Ing: Wilhelm L e o , who is now active in the Gau Oberdonau and who had previously led the expansion of the Karlshütte. Furthermore, the 5 Czechs could be removed from the administrative council. 3.) Kalina spoke about the Chamber of Engineers and announced that the Secretary of State had postponed a general rule until the end of the war. Kalina felt that the money should not be distributed to members, but should be kept for purposes.