English Translation

Dr.von Burgsdorff Under-Secretary of State Prague, 15 June 1940. Prof. Dr. Baeumler and Dr. Leibbrandt of the Office of Rosenberg have been with me and have explained in the presence of the Rector Saure how they think of the High School and the institutes of the high school. It was clear from the statements that the institutes should be set up at the universities with specific tasks. Thus, an institute at the University of Hamburg will have to research the major questions of world politics, an insti. At the Vienna University, the güdedGüdostfragen and the Institute at the Charles University in Prague are mainly concerned with the question of Russians and Ukrainians. Mie Heyren acknowledged that, in itself, the whole Charles University must be involved with these special Eastern questions, especially since there is a Russian and a Ukrainian university here in Prague. Nevertheless, the gentlemen would like to know the institute founded as a counterpart of the university for these Eastern questions. V