English Translation

139 23 May 1939. The State Secretary. 1. To the State Commissioner of the Reichs Governor S5-Oberführer Dr.Otto Wä c h t e r , Vienna _2 23.5. Ballhausplatz 2. Subject: Dr.Ferdinand Marek. Procedure : Letter dated 14.5.1939 -Acts M/Dr.G/W Reference 187o On a request addressed to me by the personal speaker of the Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter in the Sudetengau Pg.Konrad Henlein in the same matter, I have already said that I personally only once spoke to Dr.Karek in the Waldsteinpalais in Prague on the occasion of a afternoon tea, At this tea I presented Marek the basics and principles of the politics of the SaP and its legal struggle. Marek has tried to give the impression that he understands this policy and that he does it. Nevertheless, I am aware that Marek, as Doyen of the Prague diplomatic corps, had excellent relations with al- al- len foreign missions and was also in constant close contact with Beneš.Marek was regarded as the informant of the English and French embassies on all-German matters. Zaar has personally not been a betrayal of the German cause, but it is worth noting that both his wife and daughter were regarded as exponents of anti-rich and anti-nationalist politics. As it appears that the question of Marek's overriding pension is in question, I would point out that I think it would be right for Marek to have a retirement pension.