English Translation

The union board. To the German Minister of State SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Hermann Fr a n k, P rag. Czerninpalais. Dear Minister of state! As you know, the Reichswerke "Hermann Göring" submitted the application to the Reich Commissioner for the enemy property, their board member Dr. Guido Schmidt as administrator of the Witkowitz union in accordance with the decree on the enemy's assets and at the same time assigning to him the powers of the management / union board/, which had so far been awarded to me by the mountain head team in Brno. Schmidt would get the entire management of the Witkowitz union into my hands, while a secondary role dependent on him would remain. On the one hand, this regulation is factually unfounded, on the other hand, it contradicts the assurances given to you and me repeatedly by the Reichswerke "Hermann Göring" that nothing will change in the position of the trade union board on the Reich's works "Hermann Göring". I have only signed the management contract with the Reichswerke "Hermann Göring" under this express condition, as the proto- cols of the meetings at that time clearly show. Furthermore, the request of Reichsarbeite "Hermann Göring " is in stark contradiction with the requirements of the war. He must have 1_Appendix_ ./.