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30 DR.JUR.RUDOLF SCHICKETANZ Teschen, 3 March 1943. Düuo das Cianisfektetärs 309 04 04 in Bühmnuah mahcen. Eing.: - 5. MRZ.1943 Ministerial Councillor Dr.Robert G i e s , personal speaker of the State Secretary at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, Pragi Czernin-Palais. 73 Dear Party comrade Gies ! On your friendly question from 24.v.M. I can give you the following information for the group leader: 1. Mr. Dipl.Ing.Schmelzer is employed at the Koksanstalt Hohen- egger of our subsidiary of Karwin-Trzynietz A.G. The supervision of this company belongs to the responsibility of the board of this subsidiary company and in particular of the Bergassessor a.D. von Bar-deleben, M.Ostrau. The company is therefore not subject to my immediate supervision. I am therefore only informed of such events by means of a complaint and can therefore only function as an appeal authority. 2. At the entrance of Mr. Dipl.Ing.Schmelzer, I strongly recommended him to Mr. Bergassessor v.Bardeleben. I spoke to Schmelzer v.Bardeleben. He was not left in the slightest doubt by me about the assessment of the palle. He also declared himself willing to bear the responsibility exclusively alone. 4. After the discovery of the distand, the radical formation was carried out by me immediately. St...X1B-131d/42