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Mr President-in-Office of the Council. — (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by thanking the President of the Commission for his excellent report. 5.) The diet bill itself was not drawn up by the local branch, but by the joint accounting office of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry for People's Education. As a basis, the usual fees were taken from officials. The calculation of diets is never the responsibility of the minister's secretariat. 6.) Ministerial Councillor Dr. Heckel received this invoice from Mr. alb afain Chief Counselor Dr.Stránský, who submitted the invoice to him for the announcement because he considered that diets /ymnH of the minister had to be covered from his lump sum. However, in response to a telephonic question from the Minister's Council, Dr. Heekel, I immediately explained to him that this was an absurd error and that it was not him who was responsible, but the Ministry of People's Enlightenment. I note, therefore, that, contrary to Dr. Gies's statement, neither any expenditure on tasks other than those of the Ministry of Education C 15558 has been financed from a fund, nor any of the items of this kind have been charged twice. The immediate revision of my business administration for this purpose has provided the proper proof that this is the case. It was therefore a matter for you on the whole matter, which was not complete at all, but was only under development, which had not yet been decided at all and which was brought into a different light by the fact that one had anticipated a development which would certainly have taken place in the sense desired by the Secretary of State. Finally, I note that you yourself, Sturmbannführer, have stated that Bie did not properly inform Dr. Heckel, the Minister's Councillor, and only regret that I am not in the ./ because of my current illness.