English Translation

The protector of the Reich in Bohemia and Moravia Braa ben 20. August 1942 The defender of foreign affairs fmts No. 2523/3 A.M.Chile Comirdnibeten, oieses Gesdhäftogeiden and den Gegensad bei weitere Schreiben ausgeben. State sonten der Cberkasse bo 1 Feicsp:a Vostoa kassenkonto Nr. 98.50o und Girokonto bei jeder Nationallat für Bohmen und Mähren in Duhmen end! in Prot Eing. 2 2. AUG. 1942 Subject: Marriage. Czechoslovak embassy in Chile. 2 plants Obersturmbannführer! I am sending a copy of a report from the German embassy in Santiago along with an appendix with the request to inform Mr. Staatssekreter. I note the following: The last Czechoslowak envoy in Chile, Dr. Vladimir Smetana, after the establishment of the Protectorate, handed over his authority and the most important archives of the German Embassy, but later he declared that he again regarded himself as an ambassador to Czechoslovakia. The Chilean government has long played an ambiguous role in the question of the dissolution of the "devotion" of Smetane. Although it has recognized the establishment of the Frot ektorat of Bohemia and Moravia and has removed Smetana from the diplomatic list, it has withdrawn its participation in a transfer of the remaining holdings of the former Czechoslovak embassy to the German Embassy. Your Wuad To the Ss-Obersturmbannführer Government Councillor Dr. G i e s Prague \a 24/9.43. St. S. T-95/42