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2 44-Grup. 18 May 1943. Ld 1943 V. 1.) Personally! Self-handed! 19. To Mr. Under-State Secretary Dr.v.Burgsdorff, Pra g XIX, Messlerhof 7. Dear Mr. v.Burggsdorff ! As Ministerial Councillor Dr.Gies told me, you gave me on 15.5.d.Js. Mr Gies. — (DE) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by thanking Mr Gries for his excellent report, and I would like to thank him very much for the work he has done. On the condition that you are well aware of the development of your affair until your decision to turn to the Wehrmacht, I must reject this phrase in the strongest possible terms, and I have done everything I could for you, out of my political responsibility, for my part. Even after sending my letter of April 30, I immediately discussed the cancellation of your Uk position with the Wehrmacht authorized officer, Lieutenant General Toussaint, and wrote it again to him besides the one on the l4.5.d.Js. Under these circumstances, your criticism of my behaviour is therefore out of place. I therefore ask you to have further original boundaries with the