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118 1v Prague, 16 February 194o. 2 Mr. v. Burgsdorff. frie lal! fr A Berton I forwarded the following note to Mr. Fuchs under the 12.8.1939: "As I noted, a Special Representative for Economic Development and Four-Year Plan of the Hanseatic City of Sip M mmhiz Hamburg is in Prague as their representative in Bohemia and Moravia. BrA I ask for clarification whether other public b borbas in and private places have sent such special envoys to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which are the places called the Special Envoys and with which groups in the office of the Imperial Protector the Special envoy are in contact." Unfortunately, I have not received any response to the note so far. I would like to thank you for your further commitment. a 262 framm fr Mantoy. M. Under-State Secretary. I have not been aware of the question of the Secretary of State. The Special Representative of Hamburg was already withdrawn in the autumn of 1939, and for that reason I should like to express my thanks. on the basis of ideas that I personally raised against after my arrival in Prague in August 1939 with the Gauwirtschaftsberater of Hamburg. Special Envoy: otherwise there were no such ideas and are not available now. Prague, 26 February 1940.