English Translation

The Head of the Special Department of Cultural Policy II/MI D dos S.aa sigkcetärs Prague, 21 July 1943 1n Te.0 D.otekton in Boh uno Mahten. C.ng: 22.JULI 1943 Strictly vertical. To H-Obersturmbannführer Dr. G i e s. Dr. Urban has informed me today that he wants his new publication to be made out of documents from the archive of the Federal Foreign Office("After Siberia", destinies of Czech colonists in the Soviet Union according to consulates) without prior submission to the Foreign Office. Formally, he is entitled to do so because the former representative of the Federal Foreign Office, M-Brigadeführer Gerlach, had agreed to use these consulate reports after consultation in Berlin. I agreed to Urban's intention, as a presentation of the currently available documents. The publication of this current publication would, in fact, be delayed by many months in an unbroken book at the Federal Foreign Office. In addition, I decided to inform the new representative of the Federal Foreign Office, envoy of Luckwald, before the publication of the book, as he would immediately report the matter to Berlin after my production and thus stop it. A subsequent protest by the Foreign Office could be n.E. a welcome occasion to reopen the question of the archive of the Federal Foreign Office on the part of the Reich Protector. On this occasion, I have Dr. Urban on the oral decision made some time ago by H-Obergruppenführer Frank about the establishment of a political archive of a Reich Protector and the planned commission Dr. Urban's as head of this archive. Dr. Urban promised to behave as advised, but urged to make sure that he did not sit between two chairs at the lock. He was from the Foreign Minister - 2 - St. S. TB-55/43