English Translation

430 CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRY Prague, 17. III. 1943. FOR BOTH AND MEN 225 THE PRESIDENT To the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, Prague IV Czernin-Palais. Betr.: NsKk operation in the Prötektorat. The documents sent to me with your letter above concerning the NSKk operation in the Protectorate have found my full attention and I would like to answer the question put to me as follows: It is to be seen under today's conditions first and foremost that the few German forces remaining in the factories, enterprises and law firms If I look beyond a certain extent at the subject of the tests dealt with in point 1, and I am naturally not in favour of the fact that 6.ooo certificates already issued are being re-examined or modified, I cannot but state that for many NSKK men the service mentioned in point 2 is in the monitoring department. I fully agree with your point of view on points 3 and 4. Finally, I would like to say that it is by no means possible for me to agree to withdraw during working hours, but that it will be left to the NSKK men who voluntarily do their duty to set the limits of their physical capacity, which should be taken into account by the relevant command centres in the NskK, in the interest of undisturbed armaments. On behalf of the sick president: