English Translation

COCE Prague, 24 November 1939. With 3 annexes presented to Minister Z i e m k e with the request for return. Both the Reich Protector and the Secretary of State have taken note of the contents of the annexes. As far as the matter is concerned, I note that after the telephone calls I had with Mr Oesterreicher from the Reichsmini- stration of the interior, any negotiations by the Protectorate government in Budapest on issues of nationality are not taking place. Rather, these are negotiations which concern the population of the Karpatho-Ukraine region. The German delegation responsible for this purpose, with the agreement of the German departments involved, shall hear two members of the Protectorate Government. Accordingly, the report submitted by Mr v. Schweidnitz to the Federal Foreign Office must obviously be based on a misinformation.