English Translation

SD Office of the Secretary of State bety Rradraparotpbtor NT Prabönmenuno. Eing.: 7. FEB. 1940 909 Tgb. Nr.: Honored Secretary of state, please excuse my freedom to address you today in your high position of honour. I have lost my old relationships with the gentlemen of the former local legation / Dr Hencke, Menne etc./ with whom I was in contact, and it is quite difficult for me to approach -2 new gentlemen today, because it has unfortunately become fashion and I absolutely do not want to count among these piles. The gentlemen know me as more than German-friendly at a time when it was a risk here. I can always prove that. I already worked for the Frankfurter Zeitung, Essener National Ztg and there was not a single gentleman from Germany who I had not had to deal with from official directions as head of the German special department at the National Bank. The gentlemen sang me such praises, which came to the press. This was the excuse of my impudence. I was born in Teplitz-Schönauer, well known from the past with many gentlemen such as Dr Zippelius and was the first to offer my services to the Baron von Renneberg, the agent of the Reichsbank. So much of my attitude.