English Translation

113 Prague, 24.2.1940. Security service RF SD section Prague B 2 SA Vertra Düla Des Staa s fecretärs boim Reichsp o ghtor in Bohemia and Moravia. C.ng. 26.FEB.1940 To Tgl. No. 1374 State Secretary at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia, i-Group leader K.H. Fr a n k, Prague Czerninpalais. Betr.: Tensions between the Oberlandrat and the Kreisleiter in Olmütz. The tensions between the district management of the NSDAP Olmütz and the competent Oberlandratsamt for a long time have been partly due to the fact that the Oberland Council offices use the information they receive from ethnic German A districts to a large extent.The Oberland Ratsamten have created fixed bases in their districts, which are regularly visited by the various experts in order to obtain information on the situation in Germany. This circumstance partially eliminates the district administration of the Nazi Party in Olmutz as a direct mediator of the people's Germandom. Although the indirect link between the administration and the people's German language also encouraged the completion of the most important tasks in the first period and was therefore desirable, the administration at an early stage gave rise to an understanding of its absolute independence, which ultimately had to lead to tensions with the district administration. Jw Furthermore, due to the marked activity of the Oberlandratsamt, a large part of the already low 48?. 2