English Translation

AurKlarungs-Committee Hamburg 11, 17 March 1942. Hamburg-Bremen Börsengebäude, III. Stock (Beauftr. Dienststelle verschledt. Reichsministerien) Fernruf: Sammelnummer 36 05 31 Hauptstelle Ham burg Bankkonto: Deutsche Bank Fillale Hamburg Postcheckkonto : Hamburg Nr. 443 25 Dr.Joh./Pr. EinSCHREIben,! Betr.: "Vertraulicher Auslands-Berichtsdienst" To the Personal Speakers of the State Secretary at the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia, Dr. G i e s, Prague In accordance with an order of the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda and the Reich Security Chief Office, Division IV E, the circle of recipients of the "Confidential Foreign Reporting Service" (sogeneous Johannsen reports) of the Enlightenment Committee Hamburg-Bremen has been restricted to the Federal Foreign Office, the Reich Ministry for People's Enlightening and Propagating, the Imperial Ministry of Economics and the Imperial Security Main Office. On the other hand, the Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda has personally reserved the right to personally examine requests for further delivery with the information service. I am obliged to inform you of this measure. At the same time I inform you that I have instructed my account to return the amount of RM 25.-- for the too much paid reference fee in March ds.Js. to your account. Heil Hitler ! The Enlightenment Committee Hamburg-Bremen au Managing Board Member Organisations represented in the Enlightening Committee Hamburg Bremen: iswirtschaftskammer and all economic chambers, chambers of industry and commerce Hamburg u. Bremen, Reichsgruppe Industrie and leading associations of the German economy.