English Translation

Press release 72 Betr.i Wittner. Preg, 22 Januer 1945. Placing o Consul y i t n e r looked for his return from Berlin aif and reported the following: Envoy K o ß a k had not been openly informed of the events in Prague. On the contrary, he had spoken out against the misrepresentation of the Vice Consul and, above all, against the fact that its action could give rise to the impression that the Vice-Conseil should circumvent the powers of action required for the consul's behaviour. In addition, Dörnberg's envoy had allegedly recently told the Rerrn Koğak that, until further notice, a new appointment of the consul's post was undesirable in Prague. Mr. Koğack had ordered Mr. Wittner not to return to Zagreb for the time being, but to wait for more patients in Prague, because there was apparently a complete change in Zagreb. Confidentially, envoy Lošak had added that Wittner's resignation had taken place on the same round as the same rules of the Croatian consuls in Graz and Karburg. The Foreign Minister Alajbegovié had asked Wittner to send Ra 75.C00,--, the equivalent of one to him sealed by the courier route back to Zagreb, that the Reich's mark amount could be handed over there to refugees, Wittner for his part had requested the signature of the Einister. Instead of sending the Croatian Consulate General to sien su. Wae had happened there, he did not know. - In Graz and Marburg the same had happened. After the return to Preg Wittner had by the way from the aceben