English Translation

File memo sheet 2 Prague, November 1st 39th La/W Department: Subject: Action M. that it was condition that the company Fuchs must be taken over in Bausch and Bogen, otherwise for the remaining part of the company Fox Hsich will not find any buyers. Dir. Volckmar confirms this assumption by the fact that he had originally found interested parties for the rest of the production of the company Fuchs, but after verification of the profitability of the other production the company Fox dropped their intention to buy again. This also because the company Fuchs has demanded a too high purchase price, which is not in proportion to the expected profitability. According to the very outdated establishment of the other production, he no longer holds the company Fox competitive after traps of the customs borders. National policy considerations were based on the fact that he would soon substantially strengthen the German element in this area in the subsidiary of NAPIAG by means of corresponding enlargements of the company. Furthermore, after losing its economic importance, the company Fuchs will be on much more favourable terms. Gauamtleiter Pg. Staffen explains that a ban on Fuchs from the market would benefit the producers of the same type in the Sudetengau and that he could only welcome this process. After this interview, the representative of NAPIAG, Dr. Strachotinsky, who is willing to submit his submissions to the Reichsprotektor and the contracts with the company Fuchs. From the me on 9.ll.39 by Dr. I understand from Strachotinsky that the license agreement between NAPIAG and Fuchs in 1926 would be concluded for a period of five years and would be extended to five years each, that the machines for the production of goods are the property of FAPIAG, that in a sense it is a wage production of the company Fuchs. In the year l936 an option contract was concluded, which is limited to 194l. In May l.J. the NAPlAG exercised the option account on 30.6.1939, which was then postponed due to negotiations to 15.8.39. On 15.6.39, the NAPIAG applied for the acquisition of the bag production of the company Fuchs, as far as individual machines were concerned, which are in the possession of the firm Fuchs (value around RM 30,000, or on the establishment of a separate company for the purpose of this sack production. With a further entry from September 39, the application was added to the fact that the Krummmauer Papierfabriken A.G. Spiro, which is to become a Gustloffstiftung at the initiative of the Niederdonau management, will be involved in the new company with 25%. Fuchs will become completely uninteresting for the project M. Dr. Strachotinsky refers to Gellert & Co.A.G., which belongs to the petschek group and owns paper mills in Pilsen and Budweis. However, a larger capital is necessary for the acquisition of these properties.