English Translation

4-Oberführer Dr.B e r t s c h Prague, 19 September 1942. ; MU LO zeb hed ao Epl st,etlfoe megntfeg L V AO COn geT eme mng or veetgogesjtep a Mr. inknettadoetuiadote esb al atlzed dom State Secretary. To my most vivid regret, I had to accept the invitation of the employment service to the "Rheinhard Heydrich-Feier" at Brno next Monday. It is impossible for me to leave here, because I have a several-hour meeting with the Prague Armaments Inspectorate on Monday, because of the relocation of Jndustrie productions from the West into the local area. Since the ministerial council of Wedelstädt must still be in Pressburg, he cannot represent me at these meetings. The ministerial councillor Dr.Denner is completely foreign to this area. Therefore, please excuse my absence for reasons of service. It is expected that I will have to go back to Berlin next week, as President Kehrl suddenly reduced the allocation of textile raw materials to the protectorate to an unsustainable minimum, in order not to have to expect the old Reich companies to have too strong quota cuts.