English Translation

64 Ing.Karl Kr a u s Pressburg, Oravská 14. Pressburg. 26.IV.1939. thee hnin Mr. SS Brigade leader Karl Herman Fr a n k, State Secretary of the Reichsprotektorate, Prague. Hotel Esplanade . Dear Karl ! By agreement after my last stay in Prague I continued the proposal to take over the Gauinspektorat as an official report to SS Group leader Heydrich. I have now been informed from there that I will remain in my position so far and I must therefore reject the acceptance of the position of a Gauinspektor. By a longer trip abroad prevented, I come only today to communicate this to you.I ask you not to resent my rejection.As much as I would be pleased to know how to work with all my comrades in Prague, so my current field of responsibility is without a doubt also interesting and fills me to a large extent. I thank you for having used yourself for me and stay with Heil Hitler! og M always your