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28 The Minister of State Berlin Ws, 20 June 1942 and head of the Presidential Chancellery Voßstraße 4 of the Führer and Chancellor of the Reich A. Mie mute Ceooco L s-int RP.0.5231/42 22.JUNI 42 J04. bit wnife brufin Anl. ly Rpr.16 Dear Mr. Superior General ! I hereby confirm receipt of your letter of 16 June. I have not yet received a list of proposals for arms manufacturers from Bohemia and Moravia, and if they are received, I will forward them to you first of all for your opinion, and I note, moreover, that the right to propose is yours with regard to the whole territory of the Reichsprotektorat. Only for the police and 4 as well as for the customs border protection are the Reichsführer 4 and chief of the German police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior and the Reich Minister of Finance exclusively responsible. I present to you at home; the highest Reich authorities in question also directly point to this competence. I will present the application for the First Class War Cross to the Under-Secretary of State Dr. Kurt v.Burgsdorff again for the decision on the next award date, 1 September of the year. With regard to the final sentence of your letter, however, I note that the Führer recently strongly disapprove of the fact that an award he has awarded has not been immediately handed over to the borrower. Moreover, the position that, if a subordinate receives an award, his superior must also be considered with the same award, is fundamentally rejected by the leader. I must therefore ask you to hand over the war service to the head of the department Dr. Bertsch cross class already now. Lonsty nfnten Heil Hitler ! To the Your Submissive Theinr Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Mr. Superior General Daluegue Prague