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170 Fr.F.Schmelzer, Pirna, 16.1.42. 4th T.E.A. Pirna and Elbe. Büvo of the State fekcetär An den bam Reichsptotektor in Bühmen und Mähcen. Mr. State Secretary Eing. 19.JAN. 1942 K.H.Frank, Reichs-Protektorats-Government, Prague Castle. Dear State Secretary! In the interest of my person's rapid, now-necessaryclarification of the military and even existential activity, I must ask you, Your Honor, to take your time again for a short time. My letter of l3.l.42 is already received in Prague, as well as the telephone call sent on l5.l42 from here, which I have requested and received for a required address to my dismissal from military service according to the command Az 1K 35 AHA/Ag E (VG)No.5880/4l Geh-vom 3l.l2.4l. After igh had already handed over my military equipment and clothing today on the basis of the above-mentioned order, and the driving and dismissal order was just handed over and released, I was informed by the comp. leader that the above mentioned OKeW command Geh-v. 3l.l2.4l does not apply to my person,as a secondary passage states that only members of the Wehrmacht with a service period of at least 1 year are eligible.I have a service time of so far 10 months. However, the same time was called by the Abbot Commander, that by the Reichsprotektorat government in Prague a requirement of the Fr. Which of the reasons for the dismissal is now decisive,which is not on my Ferson for the time being mentioned O.K.W. command or the request of the government in question, will now be the state of the decision at the O.C.H.. I got the order to dress me again. A special leave requested by me to go to Prague for two days in order to make everything clear through oral debate was unfortunately not approved by the Komp.-Führer. A promotion proposed by the Comp.-Leader to the Uffz today, as the conditions are fully fulfilled, I refused. I have now been informed that after 8 weeks, in case I am still here in Pirna, I will be released.However, since I am also in today's discharge investigation and always K.v. The first chance is for me to turn thefr.Schmelzer to the Berbaubatl-in-In-Field as quickly as possible, unless another decisive decision about my person falls before this grouping. I respect and carry out every command from above-As a National Socialist, however, I cannot understand that in total war one does not make everything mobile, evaluates all possibilities, throws them into the fight to beat the enemy all the easier and more devastating. Leat vvrpelepen, Brinkra nikergang, /m2r=E1 Ameiber 244