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Page 2 to note of file v.16.9.1939 (1./Ku.) 18 names Ritzenthaler (Head of the non-profit civil servant construction company in Vienna), it is clear to me that at the foundation of this company are the yellow krifte at work, which are already known in connection with the Ritzenthaler action. Gavenat justified his efforts in establishing a new society with the will of the Secretary of State Frank, who was supposed to have given the SS-Oberführer Dauser and Dr. Brecht commitments in this regard about 3 weeks ago. Gavenath, however, explained later in the conversation that a memo from the State Secretary Frank on the discussion with SS-Öberfläger Dauser und Dr. Brecht, having made him a bit of a fuss, Gavenat also stated that without his knowledge, I had been appointed as the trustee of a building association and as the sole member of the board of a housing association. He literally said that it was like this here, like with the police apartments, the Ministry of Labour decided to find suitable carrier companies and then suddenly the Ss came and ransacked everything. So it was also in the protectorate, where he tried to create the conditions for a healthy housing structure, while the SS in Igleu was already building. I tried to put myself on a good foot with Gavenat and explained to him that we did not want to work against him in the Protectorate, but we struggled to protect each other. Since the new foundation of a housing association is necessary because of the existing two German cooperatives, I suggested that he try to free the 4,00,000 Reichsmark requested by the Reichsarbeitsministeriun for the employees of the company under the supervision. r then replied that I would like to say the same with Fiecher-Diskau, and to explain the matter. In the further discussion, I noted that Gavenat was responsible for the newly founded society on the Letna, for which our planning was prepared by Proffessor Speer for approval. I told him of this planning. His question as to whether the apartments on this Gelün de mur were intended for Gestapo officials, I denied, and determined that here were essentially intended for the Germans transferred to the protectorate, i.e. also for the beants of the Lord Reichsprotector. On a further question from Gavenat, I explained that the State Secretary Frank had been informed of this construction project by the SS-Oberführer von Gottberg and by a brief lecture by me, in general, of the visit of the ground ante by State Secretary Franco and that our work was approved by the State Secretariat. In closing, Gavenat resigned that there would be no purpose for each new foundation. We agreed that we wanted to stay in touch with each other. Prague, September 16, 1939. Stamp, e.g. Tostmann