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16 4 - Location CommanderPrague prggtddes Stantsekretärs boon Fedwptotehtor in Böhmin und Mähcen. Eing.: 16. JAN. 1940 Tgb. D 387 Betr.: Entertainment with Count Herberstein. Reference: Oral message to -Group leader F r a n k am l4.I.40. CS f1617 To the Higher and Police Leader at the Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Mr. State Secretary peh anmng W-Group Leader K.H.Frank, Prague IV, Czernin-Palais. On Saturday, at about 10 p.m., I was at the bar of the Hotel Esplanade.It was empty; next to me, only a strange gentleman, who asked me uninvited for a conversation of about 30 minutes, from which I repeat the following: a) To the person:Graf Herberstein, 45 years old,married, residing in Barrandov, owner of a good in Bohemia, comes from an old Styrian family.His mother, a Countess Gahlen from Westphalia (catholic nobility) is related to the current Archbishop of Müinster.Participant of the World War as active lieutenant of a Czech (Austrian) dragon regiment. Figure: and appearance: Large, slim, slightly casual, attitude familiar to life in the big world.Dark blond, blue, watery eyes.Spribht perfectly Czech.I grew up in Bohemia. b) To the point: In the beginning a short talk about sales in restaurants. My opinion that the hosts could be quite satisfied, he replied with his knowledge of restaurants and in particular the hotel Esplanade.All would be dissatisfied, in the past it would have been much better, but everything full of Jews, which he hated like the S1&16 plague.