English Translation

The Imperial Protector T8 Prague IV, January 14, 1941 Bohemia and Moravia Czernin-Palais Rpr.44/41 Telephone connections: Prague 60141, 31945, 601951, 64456 he. It will be asked to indicate Bieses business signs and the subject matter with further letters. Accounts of the Supreme Treasury Posfparkafienkonto No. 98,500 and Girokonto with the Rationalbank for Bohemia and Mähren in Pras Mr. President Dr. H á c h a Prag mrew Dear President, I have received your letter from January 194l. However, I cannot help but express my astonishment at its version. I have pointed out to you that the measures taken to dismantle the public servants of the Protectorate's administration have been prompted by the fact that the staffing budget of the protectorate has been exceptionally translated. To eliminate this translation is, as you have finally admitted to me in our discussion, indispensable for state and civil policy reasons. As I have also told you, the dismantling measure I have taken is a general measure which by no means only affects the legionaries, nor will it affect all legionnaires. For me, the attitude that they have shown in the past almost two years is decisive for the election retirement of public servants over 45 years of age. It is particularly important for me to remove the elements that cannot be reconciled with the realignment of political and state law. I cannot, however, conceal the fact that in the ranks of the legionaries there are particularly many so-called anti-state elements; this undeniable fact is also based on the wording of point 1 in my letter to the Prime Minister. Nevertheless, in this letter I have the option of agreeing to exceptions to the dismantling of legionaries over 45 years old.