English Translation

26 St.M. IV M - 63 1/44. Prague, 27 June 1944. A 1.) PS: To Mr. General of the Plüger Bodenschatz, Berlin, Reichsflugfahrtministerium. Dear party comrade Bodenschatg ! At the distant meeting on 26.6.d.Js. you informed me that the Mr. Reichsmarschall at the person dea Ministeres a.D. Dr.Schmidt does not take in the interest that dicser should be given a leading position in the Witkowitz mining and iron and steelworks union. However, the first leading position would represent Dr. Schmidt's intended activity as administrator with the powers of the works director (representative administrator). On the other hand, I would not have any concerns if Schmidt, as the confidant of Hermann Göring-Werke, were to become the "supervisory administrator" at the Witkowitzer union. Schmidt would in this case only perform the same function as the lawyer pr.Möhring exercised until his resignation. In my view, there is no reason to extend the rights of the "manager" in the trade union to the detriment of the factory directorate. It is, in fact, urgent at this stage that a change should not take place in the company which, in a way which is recognized by all sides, fully fulfils its tasks in the war economy, but that it should be possible to work there with the greatest possible continuity. For this reason, an early order from the Reichs-