English Translation

July 17, 1941. 4-Gruf. St.8. 283/41. 1 To H-Grupfenführer Hofmann, Chief of the Chief of Race and Settlement Office 4, 17. VI. 1941 Berlin SW68, Hedemannstrasse 24. Dear comrade Hofmann! To the there. Letter of 11.d.M. - Sign Tgb.Nr. 67/41. H./Ln. As far as the Prague Land Office is concerned, I reply that the measures you intend to take do not give me the impression that I am a service subject to the influence of the protective squadron. As a preliminary stage of this development- T da a c d is available - as representative of Steatskommissär Gross installed in Bodenamt, In this way the ground office, if Gross goes away, can be transferred to the representative as head. The plans of Eross to leave Prague are currently not approved by the Reichsprotector, but continue to exist. If you now withdraw the relatives of your department from the ground office, a condition is created which, in the case of the pronounced shortage of personnel, is very difficult to achieve -2- St. S.LD-60/yi