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11.Ju111941 OTTO HOFMANN BERLIN SW 6S, THE # GROUP LEADER HEDEMANNSTRASSE 24 ESSSS PERNRUF: 195251 Tgb.Nr. 67/41. H./Ln. Confidential ! To the office of the State Secretary State Secretary at the Reichspretektor 4-group leader Fr a n k in Bohemia and Moravia. Prague Eing.: 14. JULY 1941 Czernin-Palais TgB. No.: Dear comrade Frank ! From a message from my head of the branch office, W-Sturmbannführer K ü n z e l, I have taken that the s.Zt. with you announced plan to use the 4 main storm leader K u k u k as head of Group III at the ground office failed and that probably shortly after our meeting at the time the 4 chief storm leader S t e y e_r was appointed the head of this group after all. It is not so much the idea that in the effort to occupy this post, the Race and Settlement Authority-4 has now suffered a setback and a loss of prestige, but rather I regret the completion of the future work. The head of Group III, if he sees his task correctly, must closely link the land policy with the policy of the people, and herein the work of this group affects the tasks of the Head of Race and Sedation. The closer the connection to this department, the better the cooperation or the execution of the indicated tasks will be. I have to say, unfortunately, that I have the feeling that the state commissioner G r o s_s has an almost rabid personnel policy, that he also has the last - 2 - St. S.WD-60/41