STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 640, sig. 109-4/388

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Security Service RF4 Prague-Bubentich, Sept. 3, 1941. SD-Ceitseil Prag Sachfenweg Fernfprecher 77444 E 2 - SA 228 Office of the S'an :ai bemopo in Böhm now Mlah. Eing: Sep. 4, 1941 To the Tob. n Mr. State Secretary at the Reichsprotector in Bohemia and Moravia 4-Group leader K.H. Fr a n k Prag Betr.: Rumours . Vorg.i ohne. Aus den z.Zt. Here numerous in-depth reports about rumors dealing with the person of the Secretary of State are brought to the attention of the following: In the OLB Kolin it is told that Secretary of state Frank with foreign foreign currency would pass the Hungarian border, but had been drafted and is currently being held in custody at Schloss Konopischt near Beneschau. The OLB Königgrätz claims that Secretary of State Frank was already preparing to move to the Reich and made many precious things. According to another rumor, Secretary of state Frank is said to have disappeared, like Rudolf Hess, with the help of larger money. In the Ölß Klattau there is a rumor that K.H. Frank was arrested in connection with a gasoline affair. In Jungbunzlau it was told that Secretary of State Frank had fled from Prague because he had stopped believing in Germany's victory. He wanted to flee to Switzerland, but was taken on the way and sent to a prison. In Beneschau it is told that State Secretary Frank fled abroad with 16 million crowns. The rumor about the flight of the Secretary of State Frank to Switzerland is also widespread in the OLB Kladno. fg thifu ee St. S.1C11/41 1. 010.47.