GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 717, sig. 110-5/6

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English Translation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a young inexperienced man whose first radio speech is undoubtedly the undivided serenity of the d d d D D Szalasi members in the cabinet is insignificant. It was certainly well-intentioned by us in this coalition cabinet. However, it is certain that from the beginning there was a much different view on Szalazi's side. In particular, Szalasi immediately sent to each ministry a commissioner from his party to monitor the ministry concerned, and to advise the minister concerned. The commissioner concerned then tried from the beginning to clean up the official corps. It is regrettable that these commissioners are the smallest employees by the bank, precisely because Szalasi are not available to other people. For example, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Exz.Nickl assigned a sleeping car chief, because this is the only spoken man of the Parteé. All of Budapest is talking about the fact that this commissioner Exz is. Nickl speaks to his brother Nickl, while Nickl always responds to Mr. Oberschaffner. T dd d Tr of the Hangya comradeship, which is called by the Hangaya as one of its most incompetent people, At Minister Jurcsek again a certain Rajk, a former employee of the hangya, who was dismissed seven years ago at my instigation at the Hangiya, then raised an arrow cross=ler-cooperative and in a short time fell into bankruptcy. I personally have always described this Rajk as a fool. This Rajk now called himself by the party certain prize commissioner and secretary of state to Jurcsek. Unfortunately, in the first days this commissionership became a country plague. In all large enterprises such commissioners appeared already in the early days. For example, a small accountant of this cooperative appeared as a commissioner in the Hangya cooperative, which is the only one working today=the supply company in the country, and threw out in a high degree of l4 directors together with the Director General. A few directors were left, but the whole operation came to a halt. A director (Hilbert), who had rejected a salary improvement three weeks ago by this little employee, was immediately taken away by two party members and imprisoned.