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Prague-Bubentsch, 25.6.1944. eh e Sdchsknweg SD-Head Section Prague Fermsprecher 774-44 109 - III D =GRs-PA 109 AOiN 4. B. M. Geheim! Eing.: 26.JUNI 1944 To the German Minister of State for Bohemia and Mänren - Obergruppenführer K.H. F a n k Prag. Betr.: Dr.Guido S c h m i d t , Witkowitzer Bergbau- und Eisenhüttenbewerk Moravia Ostrau. Vorg.: Ohne. According to a confidential communication from a reliable side, Dr. Guido Schmidt has a private account with the COMRO bank in Bucharest of 4 Mill. Lei. This account excels in the form of a savings book protected by password. The general director of this bank, von Ressig, is said to be a good personal expert of Sch.. He is convinced that this account is not acquired by normal means, but rather comes from the liquidation of the Romanian company ROGIFER, an institution of the German Reich. Sch. This account should not have been registered in any way, since accounts of private individuals abroad should not be maintained and in this case he would have received by means of a transfer the amount in Germany in German money. Since the Rogifer was an institution of the German Reich, Sch. not only a foreign exchange offence, but also a fraud committed against the German Reich. The above amount is to be the current account amount, which is to say that the account was probably much higher. At the moment, the Vienna secretary of Sch., a Dr. von Lenk, allegedly makes regular trips to Bucharest in order to make larger purchases, with the intention of making the money available as soon as possible and thus to make the account disappear. About Dr. Von Lenk is known that he is already secretary b.w.! 117