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WA 3 From a personal letter from the Consul General of the Slovak Republic, Mr.EBeckà of 28.2 3942i:3 bea Reid.p o.ehtoc in Bohemia and Moravia. Eing.: 4. MRZ.1942 As I had the honour to give you orally, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pressburg, a list of those rich German personalities in the Protectorate, who are expected to be awarded a Slovak Order of Merit, was presented in accordance with the German-Slovak relations and in the desire to make them even more closely. SS-Group Leader State Secretary Karl Hermann Frank 2) SS-Standartenführer Böhme - 3) Ministerial Councillor Karl Freiherr von Gregory 4). Chief Government Councillor Dr.Gies ,Robert 5). Dr.Karl Heinz Forner of the Federal Foreign Office for a higher degree award, and Consulate Secretary I.Kl.Georg Gerstberger for an award of lower ragges. In view of the fact that the framework for the awarding of these persons is relatively narrow, but on the other hand there have been certain changes in personnel, I would ask you, highly esteemed Consul-General, to send a new broader list of those persons who have earned their living around Slovakia, and I would like to point out that, from our point of view, the following gentlemen would be envisaged: Minister Dr. Walter Bertsch, Attorney General Dr. Nüsslein, Minister, Dr. Kriesef, Counsellor Dr. Arndt M