English Translation

44 Dr.von Burgsdorff Under-Secretary of State nt dcte bno bnie teribnewnie doeittlog eib nozdeltev us nedled retielnegguiigetro als eiv taxhnefredo afe Prague, the l8 March l940. -edagncstüderotnw bnu negitiaübedailtd eib au baedegnte eebnosed nemmüd us nedoatosbedlov negittib AMMM Jch had the Oberlandrat Hertel with me today and without informing him of my source, asked for the facts stated in the report. Hertel told me that he had little traffic with the nobles of his district. Danek, Kuenburg and Harrach were folk Germans. He would have been hunting with the first ones once; moreover, he only responded to visits that had been made to him. With Prince Rohan he had no traffic at all, he had only been out once, to say that there was no internment. Rohan was German-friendly, his children attended the German school, his wife was a born Hardtmuth from Budweis. It was right that he had temporarily exempted Kuenburg and Danek from military service, as well as Count Harrach; Kuenburg had taken over his estate in March l939 and could not leave it now in the sign of the production battle. Danek had taken part in the Polish campaign and took over itarunuuar in March of the year a property from the lease. In both cases, the agricultural clerk had agreed to the temporary withdrawal. Count Harrach was also only postponed for a few months, because he had to be present because of a glass factory which would be in liquidation. Hertel rejected the accusation that he cares too little about the people's Germans. He, as well as the Reg. Rat Dorsch lead to the peoples' Germans, but it has been restricted in recent months because of the shortage of fuel. However, the gendarmerie officials are also now visiting the people of Germany. Hertel will be in early April of the year. In Tabor a local group meeting is held; he also regularly attends the training evenings of the SA. I have instructed Hertel to be careful with the social traffic and mur with personal