STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2205, sig. 109-11-6

Page 53

English Translation

hh 2 - With the Reichsprotektor there was not yet complete clarity about these possibilities, because the opinion of the Reich Finance Minister about possible subsidies to the Czech salaries for Germans was outstanding in the Protectorate authorities. horh In order to get a little further forward, I wrote then under the l4th Ok- tober Herrn Dr. Sturm, may he tell me which would be the minimum salary requirement, until which the acceptance of this post would be in question for him at all. To this my letter success only after three times a memory an answer, namely under the 2l November. In this it says: "I could not give you any information until today, since I have so far failed to answer an answer of the Kam. I was hoping to get a clarification from him, as not only I myself but also the leading comrades of the Gauleitung had called on Frank to do so. I do not want to interpret the fact that Frank did not answer my letter in such a way that he had no interest in this matter, it will be the abundance of work that so far did not allow a completion. Frank's answer would have been crucial for me and would have made all decisions easier for me. I hope that, in the near future, I may have the opportunity to come together with Frank, then the matter could be brought forward. The salary question alone cannot be decisive, but I would have to have a monthly clean-up of RM 9o0.-, that would not be what I am getting here, but it would have had to go with this amount. Only after your last messages, I fear that this amount will be difficult to undercut. I sent this letter to the Reichsprotector in writing under November 23 with the request for an exception, whether the minimum salary requirement of Dr. Sturm would offer a prospect of fulfillment. December, that the salary could hardly be set so high, since the Minister of Finance gave little hope that the pay gap between the old and the protectorate from Reich funds will be compensated. I informed Dr. Sturm of this on 18 December with the request to announce his final opinion. Personally, I do not believe that the candidacy of Storm will be serious. In the meantime, Mr. Reichsprotektor / Oberreg. Rat Urbanus /- by Mr. Imperial Governor in Reichenberg - the current second mayor in Brüx, formerly long-standing city