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StM/Z-0-I65/4q Mini --art Dr. B e r t s Fing.: 18. OKT. 1944 4 Obergruppenf ihrer Staatsminister F r a n k. Secret Head of Office S a u r , who was in Prague today for a few hours after which he had visited Pilsen yesterday, was just with me. He first broke out again that he had been completely distant from me because of the wage-setting measures at the BMM. It must have been a misconception. He then came on his own initiative to raise the question of my bribe to the chairman of the Arms Commission. He explained that he considered this solution to be the only right solution and that the arms inspection had to disappear at all. He would take this position to the Reich Minister Speer. He was also of the opinion that the new regulation should take place as soon as possible. Reichsminister Speer agreed with my person completely. The difficulty was only in the person of the general mayor Hernekamp, who had very much the benevolence of the Reichs Minister Speer. It was therefore important to find an appropriate alternative use for him, as far as possible, with simultaneous promotion. Head of Office Saur asked that nothing else be done on the part of the German Minister of State at first. He would ensure that Reichaminister Speer took the suggestion of the Deutsche Staatsminister in the lead report, affirming it. In addition, I was informed by O.C. Saur that again I had received a copy of the report.