THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 573, sig. 110-4/421

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2s1 Dept. of Justice Prague, 22 April 1944. II - 190 3/44 To the head of the ministry in the H a u s e . Subject: Witkowitzer Bergbau- und Eisenhütten-Gewerkschaft, Kähr. Ostrau. Anlagen: 1 VornMer. 1 VorM. IV M - 63 c/44 g. As was to be expected, the Reichskommissar for the treatment of hostile delays is now due to the dismissal of the previous administrator Dr. The opinion will have to be dealt with by Section V. In accordance with the instructions of the Minister of State, I have spoken to the head of Division II of the Reich Commissioner - Ministerial Conductor Warnke - and have made it clear that in this matter an oral debate with Secretary of State Krohn would be warmly welcomed by the Minister for State. After a lecture, Warnke announced that Staut's secretary Krohn was also interested in such a debate. However, in the next week he was away, so that the future could be agreed on at the beginning of the week (from 1.5.). As StaatssekngtähvKrohn is often on duty in Bad Sehandap, he would welcome a meeting at this place. I have announced "Warnke that either Mr. Minister of State personally or the head of the ministry will contact Secretary of State Krohn at the beginning of the next week. Ieh may recommend that as a place of meeting not Bad Sehandau, but in the Hinbliek on the current Ortage-