English Translation

E Sheet III on the letter to Mr. Secretary of State K.H.Prank,Prague v.17.VII.39. Deputy Gauleiter Dr. Fritz Köllner, Mr. Re- e c d see de landantes Ing.Künzel, Mrs. Economic Commissioner Ing- Richter and Mr. Gauhauptmann Dr. Kreissl, in which the above stated that they had no, as always, connections with me in Berlin. I have explained to Mr Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter, under various documents, which tasks I am currently fulfilling and which positions I am working with. He explained to me that the financing is difficult. I was quite surprised about this. Because I knew, for example, that Dr. Peters, who received a salary of RM 750 from the Chamber of Representatives, had also received RM looo.- from Reichenberg during his stay in Berlin. I replied that I had already brought in a hundred times what I would have cost. I gave Mr Gauschatzmeister 400.O00 Rl alone on the way through the liquidation of the Sudeten German Free Corps by the O.K.W. In this regard, I have also received a thank-you speech from Mr. Reichsminister Dr. Seyss-Inquart (see Supplements III and IV ). I have constantly advocated the idea of a legal revision of the recovery of dand and forestry soil. In all areas, I have sought to support and strengthen the Sudeten-German element and to promote the sudeten German interests and do so also in economic policy and social areas. The health insurance institution for employees in Aussig hang my picture in their rooms, because I have thwarted the preservation and conversion of this institution into a substitute fund in the Reichsvurbeellagtsministerium. With shy eyes one looks apparently at my successful work. Mr Gauleiter explained to me, on the basis of my statements, that it should remain the same for the time being, but that in the meantime I should take care of another financing base myself. I replied that I could perhaps achieve this through negotiations with the Sudetenland Chamber of Commerce and noted that, given the continuation of my previous activities by Mr Gauleiter,