English Translation

213 1. August 1940. de-e Dort. telephone call from 23.7.1940. To Mr. 10n Head of Chief Executive Heinrich Simon, $a.d. M ün c h e n , 1./8.40. Barerstrasse 15. As I have stated, the share package of the insurance company "Linde" has been sold by the Böhmisch-Mährische Bank without knowledge of the office of the Reichsprotektor to the Prague Municipal Insurance Institute. Since the Swiss company "Merkur" has now declared itself disinterested in the acquisition of the share package, considerations remain as to whether the negotiations conducted by the Städtische Versicherungsanstalt should not be reinstated. This is due to the fact that the insurance institution is only indirectly under German influence and that when a German company is involved, it is expected that the Czech policyholders will migrate. Czech policy holders represent the main part of the clientele. - 2 - $\Lr}$