English Translation

The commander of the Security Police and SD Prague, 1 March 19 43 XIX, Kastanienallee 19 telex 70615, 70465 -I- Tgb. No. B. d. S. Please indicate the date and business details given in the reply. Lyfr Prag I repeat the letter from Oberbereichleiter Schulte-Schomburg with the following opinion: It is not true that I have provided for the party member S t e n s - d ör f e r for the Commission in question and have held discussions with Kreisleiter A d a m about it. Party comrade Steinsdörfer was assigned to the Commission on the basis of an order from the Secretary of State. I subsequently informed circle leader Adam during a discussion on other matters, which happened at the time in question, of the facts I knew. So I did not interfere in party affairs at all, but taught circle leader Adam in comradely form, after I had determined that he had no knowledge of this process yet. I expressly stress that to my knowledge the decision of the Secretary of State had already been taken when I was talking to circuit leader Adam. I had no reason to check whether and to what extent the party liaison office was involved. The request by Oberbereichleiter Schulte-Schomburg in his letter to keep meetings with the district head in his presence, and to inform him of such meetings after the meeting, is not factually justified. The tasks that I have as command b.W. 455