English Translation

2 Bölhorst über Minden, den Dec.44 To Mr. Reichs- und Straßenminister Karl Hermann Fr a n k Minlsteramt in P r ag Eing.: 17. DEC 1944 Protectorate Bohemia/Mähren Dear Karl Hermann Frank! Through Dr. Garlep I learn that you have supported my request, Dr. garlep a position as the leading director in a company in the Protectorate and also the position in the Prague Irons is in prospect. I thank you for your efforts. As you know, I had been in Estonia with my company until September 20th this year and I must blow up with this, the works we have built over the years. I do not suppose that we have finally given up this area and we will certainly return there again. The areas, especially in which we were able to work, are of particular importance for our oil production, as this allows us to make ourselves completely independent. Geolating has estimated the preliminaries of the oil shale in Estonia up to the Wolkhov over to 5 millians to.. From these 5 billion tons. we can gain a billion tons of oil and gasoline. The work we have done over there has been a particularly excellent one. You can understand that we have given up these areas for the time being.