English Translation

318. 31 A bsch rif t . Der Reichsarbeitsführer Berlin-Grunenwald, den l4.Feb.1940 Schinkelstr. 1 -'7 personal - confidential ! Secret ! To Abrchs Merh the Lord Reichsprotektor St.S 418 Bohemia and Moravia Jen 16. 11. 1940 Lord Freiherr von Neurath (Onyinal an P_r_a_g 4 RProrebtal by German Service Post Bohemia and Mähren. pael Darle seran2) Dear Mr Reichsprotector ! 93 By telex dated 23.10.1939, you have urgently requested from me 7 chief labourer Dr. P r e i b s c h and immediately as your confidant in the autonomous administration of the I Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. of your urgent request I have at the time de brligeiahuer from 201,9940 and Dr. Preibsch immediately until the transfer into his new one. I was allowed to assume that your urgent 1$)=.40. Appeal was based on a state of emergency and that the person and dignity of the person was examined and made him appear particularly suitable for this position of trust. Now, after more than 3 months of office by Dr. Preibsch, I receive a letter from 4-group leader, Secretary of State Karl Hermann Fr a n k of the 4.d.M., in which Chief Labour Leader Dr. Preibsh is described as unsuitable for his current use in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia due to previous political contradictions and I am asked to cancel his leave of absence and to dispose of him. Such a statement cannot, by its very nature, be without consequences for the official use of Chief Labour Leader Dr. Preibsch in the Reichsarbeitsdienst. Oberstarbeitsführer Dr.Preibsch was responsible for the management of the Arbeitsgaues Ost-Sudeten. I have to fear that a man from the political leadership and administration-