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National Socialist German Workers' Party Party-Kanzlei copy ! Munich 33, 25 May 1941. The head of the party chancellery. Führerbau III D - Es. 3320/0/108 To the Federal Foreign Office, e.g. Mr. Envoy L u t h e r , Berlin W8 Wilhelmstraße 74-76. Subject: Re-occupation of the dioceses of Prague and Budweis. April 1941 - Pol III 808 - After the recent death of Archbishop K a s - p a r, both the bishop's chair in B u d w e i s and the one in P r a g are now free in the Protectorate. In both cases, chapter vicars conduct the official activities of the bishop. With regard to the diocese of Budweis, the Church has agreed that it will remain here until further notice. In the same way, it is in the interests of the Empire to treat the renewal of the diocese of Prague as a dilator. Without doubt, the basis for negotiations after the war is much more favourable for us for various reasons. As my clerk has been communicated orally by your department, it can be expected that the Vatican will be able to do so. the nuncio, in the case of Prague, endeavours to reoccupy the Archdiocese of Prague even before the end of the war. I ask, if the nunzio such an endeavor of the church to establish ./.