English Translation

69 The Prefect of the State of Bohemia Prague, 7 May 1940. 3borowgasse 27. Office of the Staa ssekretäörs betn Reich. p.oiektor in Bohemia and Moravia Eing.: 8. MA1 1940 Tgb. Nr. 2858 State Secretary Karl Hermann Fr a n k , SS-Groupführer, P_r_8_g_=_III:2 Czerninpalais. Today I have taken over my office and this is enough reason to thank you very much at this moment for your visit. I am fully aware that the post I took up is very difficult to fill, especially because the state authority is not an independent office, but subordinated to the Ministry of the Interior and is therefore too dependent on its instructions. Nevertheless, by all means, I will seek not only to fulfil my duty completely, but to render myself worthy of the vocation. With the assurance of self-evident man- faithfulness to you, I ask you not only for your over-out valuable support, but always to submit to me.