STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2024, sig. 109-7/31 Page 27 · 27 of 70
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2024, sig. 109-7/31
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92 - 23 - The head of the Bata branch in Milan is the Jew Rudolf W u r m. He was for a long time the head of a Bata subsidiary in D a k a r in Africa, later he took over the Engros business of Bata's for Italy, worked for a short time as a foreign exchange clerk Bata ́s and finally went to Italy as a representative of the company "Kotva" (Bata A.G.). He works for the Czech headquarters in Italy, but plays only a minor role as a kind of contact point. In Milan he is subordinated to the Czech H a n z l ik, but besides his connections to the Protectorate he also has ties to Yugoslavia. At the beginning of July, the Bata employee Franz P o k o r ný , née l.lo.l900, stayed in Milan. He was in contact with the most active members of the Czech resistance groups there and was probably a courier. e) In Greece, Bata has a representative in Athens named K o p ř i v a Jan. A second representative is Paul T o m í - š e k in Saloniki,Rue Arrianou 23 . He is at the same time a representative of the export institute, he is the head office of Czech anti-rich activities in Greece and is to work with the English intelligence service. He is in direct contact with London. The representative Kopřiva in Athens is affiliated with him. 2.) The Czech export institute in Prague is one of the institutions and organisations most involved in linking the Czech resistance groups in the country. This is easy to understand: dotes takes into account.The important elimination of the Directorate-General for Competition. While the Director-General F appears, Dr. Kose was the former most dangerous element in the European Union.