English Translation

42 The head of the department V Prague, August 1944 - No. V-2326/44 - N 11. AUG. 1944 An -Obergruppenführer Minister of State F r a n k. Betr.: Witkowitzer Eisenwerke. Soeben - h8 - called me State Secretary Dr. Krohn from Berlin and asked me for information about the result of the Prague meeting of August 8th. He seems to be already well informed by the Reichswerke Hermann Göring. Jch explained to him that a photograph of the protocol of August 8th of the year was on the way to him. State Secretary Dr. Krohn then replied to my information about the substantial Jnhalt of the discussion that the Reich Finance Minister and the Federal Foreign Office despite the supposedly clear expression of the will of the Reich. If this were the case, he would consider it most appropriate if Dr. Möhring remained an enemy asset manager, instead of Director-General Kuchinka, the proposed board of directors, and Dr. Guide Schmidt as "Representative of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring would come to Witkowitz, so to speak, between the board of directors and the enemy wealth administrator". I explained that the German Minister of State would probably not agree to this, since Dr. Guido Schmidt would thus be granted a very large influence on the management in Witcowitz. The German Minister of State, as stated in the Protocol, had fully maintained his technical and political concerns against Dr. Guido Schmidt. State Secretary Dr. Krohn then explained that he could not explain himself with the restrictions imposed on Dr.Duido Schmidt as an enemy asset manager under the Prague Protocol. Jch concluded by saying that he should wait for the minutes and that it is important in today's situation to get "a government again" in Witkowitz as quickly as possible. He agreed and said that the board of directors could soon begin its work. The Reichswerke Hermann Göring already had around 3t.M.TVM-63 Aol/44