English Translation

In Moravia-Ostrava there are now considerable concerns about whether Schmidt is the right man for this politically exposed area. Of course, the economic position he is considering would also have considerable political weight. He is not a party member. His political school is well known. These facts are neither offset by special expertise in the field of defence industry nor by experience in the area of operating and human management under the specific conditions of the Bohemian-Mauritian region. As everywhere, the most important task of the economy and administration in the Moravian-Ostrava region is to increase arms reduction and maintain a political situation that ensures the best use of Czech workers. The question now is whether it is appropriate to make such drastic changes under the current circumstances in the management of the Witkowitzer Werke, a key operation of the armaments industry. Furthermore, wide circles of the German party members would also take part in a discussion by Schmidt Ansteß. This all the more because the State Council Pleiger has already appointed a special commissioner in the person of an Ing. Barfuss, who was a member of Od Fellev at the time and only recently, after the Gauleitung had rejected him, became party comrade through a special act of grace. The work performance of the Czech workforce under the existing German leadership in Witkowitz is satisfactory. Decisive for all further measures must be the aspects of an increase in the production of equipment. I therefore consider it necessary to draw your attention to this development and ask for your opinion to be communicated. When Schmidt is described as portable from the security police point of view