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-10- On August 30, Hohenlohe reported: "The State Secretary was very excited and firmly solved the case to clarify every preie; Mr. von Kühlmann would behave, if necessary, Mr. Erzberger to any sworn statement about where the document came from. Emperor Karl, who also continued to press for clarification of the - facts, explained "to stand before a Rütsel" because he had not seen Erz- berger since the winter at all. He emphasized that there was a gross indiscretion in Berlin, which beveise that a confidential exchange of opinions with Wilhelmestrasse was impossible On August 3rd Hohenlohe reported about his meeting with Mr Erzberger, who said that in the Berlin office a single Kal had only been mentioned quite superficially by the report, with the two sentences: "Oeaterreich do not believe in the U-Boot war and befürch- A SA te inner turmoil"; he had not been shown the report in Berlin. imd T dee d dedd nothing new", to which the matter had been dismissed in less than 2 minutes. However, he had then travelled to Kaiaer Karl in Wiem, where everything in the above-mentioned lecture had been talked through. Hohenlohe, informed by me that the Kaieer negates any discussion with Erzberger, replied that this claim was incorrect, whereupon Erzberg drew out from his pocket the attenuation of the Kabinetskanzlei, after which "His K.u.K. Apostol. Kajeatit Mr Erz- berger will be received on 23rd April at 3rd 30 afternoon in Laxenburg". (Stamp of the Kabinettskanzlei on the Sehriftstülcke and the signature: "In the Most High Orders: Mikes, Section Chief"), Erzberger further informed the ambassador that he had stayed at bia 7.20 with Emperor Karl and had received the writing from a person close to the emperor on the following day, whereby he had to conclude, on the basis of his conversation with Emperor Charles and the way in which the Shrift was handed over, that this, although not explicitly mentioned, was done by order or at least with the knowledge of His ma jest. Mr Erzberger refused to answer the question of Hohenlohe, but stressed that it was not a person related to the Kinisterium dea Aussern. 201