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May 7, 1941. M-Gruf. St.8. 156/126/41. D To the Reichsführer and Chief of the German Police, Be r l i n SW 11 Prince Albrecht Strasse 8. Reichs Führer! For the there.Write of 22.4.1941 - sign B.-No. I 277/41 Ads. thank you bindingly. To the ministerial crisis I can say that the Reich Protector has not forwarded the special report. After the return of the holiday, the Reichsprotektor had the Minister of Transport Havelka removed from this post and from the post as head of the Chancery of the President of State Dr. Hácha. The measure, which the Protectorate government was to free from its evil spirit, did not arouse any significant reverberation in the Czech public. The current director-general of the Bohemian-Mahrian Railways Kanenicky is appointed to the Transport Minister in Personalunion. As head of the Chancellery of the President Hácha fun- giert now a section chief knight v.Popelka. Thus the ministerial crisis came to an end. The rumors that the Minister of Social Affairs Klumpar has to resign and leave his office to the unionist Stočes come up again and again, but lose more and more importance. At present, the Prime Minister Eliass, his alleged -2- St.S.IB-414