English Translation

12 The head of Berlin, 23 February 1943, the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle 495 SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Polizei D a l u e g e Berlin NW 7 Unter den Linden 74 The chief of O.cinmgspol "Adjulantur Berita" Day of the Binggang M. 143 Appendices B Sde Lieber K u rt ! The national German banks in Romania have carried out considerable war-related financing tasks in the interests of the Reich in the exploitation of the national German economy. At my instigation, a reorganization and concentration of the popular German banking institutes has been initiated, including the merging of the ethnic German bank branches in Bucharest. These have so far been housed in completely inadequate individual uuartieren. Therefore, it had to be looked for a suitable bank building. At the suggestion of the Reichswirtschaftsministerium and with the agreement of the Foreign Office and the Reich Finance Ministry, the bank building of the Prague Kreditbank in Bucharest was planned for this purpose. Pg Voss promised me that he would support me in this matter in the interest of the German banks. But now, apparently by the suspension of the participating institutions of the Prague Kreditbank and the Dresden Bank, or by fundamental considerations, this matter has been repeatedly delayed out, the people's German banks have thus come into an extremely unpleasant situation. In addition, it was not possible to fix the forecast cash payment in Reichsmark at a price of 8o million Lei and thus at the same time allocate new funds to the national banks for their work. Since the Prague credit bank is a property in the Protectorate, I now turn to You and would be very obliged to You for an examination and, if necessary, positive influence. The VM-25643 C-1448