English Translation

16 The Reichskommissar 8 September 1944 Berlin SW 11, Möckernstraße 128 130 11721/296 Ferasprecher: Teomr 11 61 21 138,135 Mmnnonsnaal It is requested to indicate this sign and the subject matter of further writing Eing: 13 SEE 1944 To the German Taste Minister for Bohemia and Moravia Minister of State F r a n k 1 8 1X 1944 Einfedan1 n Prag Abte'lunaaV Betr.: Witkowitzer Bergbau- und Eisenhütten-Verband, Mähr.-Ostrau. Your letter of 18 August 1944, No. St.M. 437/44. I take note of the fact that on 8 August 1944 you had agreed with the Council of State M e i n - b e r g that you approved the regulation proposed by Council of States P l e i g e r, but that you consider this regulation to be only provisional and maintain your political and factual concerns. As far as the State Council of Pleiger proposes to retire Director-General Ing. K u c h i n k a, to replace it with a three-part board of directors and to appoint the former Director for Huttenwerke Ing W 1 k as Chairman of the Board of Directors under the title of Director General, I do not raise any objections. Council of State M e i n b e r g has also proposed to the other members of the Executive Board that Dr B i w a n k and Ing. R a s c h k a. He has requested your consent to these proposals, as he informs me. I would like to know whether you have given your consent here and whether you would agree with the other proposals, Dipl.Ing. H e g e r to the Secretary-General of the new Executive Board and the Head \M-63Mn/44 C 2001