English Translation

59 1 April 1942. St.S. XI B - 122g/41. BeebreGprUE 0 IV. 1942 1. n Mr. Dipl.Ing. Schmelzer, z.Z. Marklissa /i. Schlesien, Baderstraße 261. Dear Mr. Schellzer ! To the there. Letter of 24. v.Mts. in respect of your work in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. I reply that the Secretary of State is still on vacation until 8.d. Mt. One possibility for your use in the Protectorate has not arisen so far. I can therefore return to the proposal made at the time whether, because of your use, you do not wish to contact Dr. Schicketanz, Director General, Prague II, Lazarusgasse 7. I strongly regret not being able to provide you with any information at the moment. The business group in the office of the Reichsprotektor is of the opinion that your use is best achieved in a petrol synthesis plant. However, a similar work is not present in the Protectorate. An use as an armaments officer in the field of the arms inspection Prague has been rejected, since as a military officer only active officers of the Beur-