English Translation

AV 29 July 1941. St.S. IV C - 8/41 g. I. To Herr Oberst L o n g i n, Chief of Staff, Prague XIX, Platz der Wehrmacht 5. Dear Colonel! In the follow-up to the letter of 16.d.M. - sign of St. S. IV B - 42/41 G., with reference to the establishment of a Czech crop protection aid, I hereby send a report from a report by the Czech Ministry of Transport to the chairman of the Czech Government under the 15th M. - sign number: PV 1714/Geh-1941 on measures to combat fires in railway cars, a copy of the extract for approval. The Secretary of State has asked for your opinion on the admission of the Ministry of Transport to the effect that the military services would not be able to provide the necessary coverage. The Ministry obviously wants to shift responsibility for the emergence of fires in the railway wagons to the Wehrmacht, an undertaking which the State Secretary, for his part, would like to strongly oppose on the basis of your opinion. Heil Hitler! Her V 2. Wv. after departure at the Signatory.