English Translation

The Head of Department V Prague, 22 July 1943. - No. 316/43 g - Secret NEE Mr. S taa t ss e kr e tä r . Elog Ber Dr. Linhardt , Chief Director of the Bohemian Arms Works A.G. in Strakonitz, was with me yesterday and explained that he had received the delivery certificate from the Wehrmacht. He was born in l9o7 and is currently trained. Dr. Linhardt made it clear that he considered his departure at armaments company e8W with about 7 5oo follow-up members for factual reasons to be of concern at all times. Director General of the company is a Czech; the technical director Uhl is German, but was married to a Jewess and according to Dr. Linhardt in his political attitude - expressed cautiously in JECU - is very unstable. Dr. Linhardt believes that his convocation would leave the chief director Uhl too free of charge; he considers it necessary that a politically clearly oriented personality be present in the management of the company. The question of the political reliability of the upper director Uhl was discussed by i-Hauptsturmführer Oberregierungsrat L. Schmidt already weeks ago on my behalf with the SD-Leitabschnitt Prague. Dr. Linhardt, who is a member of H-Haupsturmfänger Kaltenberger, was then also himself. It was mainly a question of whether senior director Uhl could continue to be a military and political defence officer at the important armaments company. Uhl enjoys special support at the arms inspection Prague, which already wanted to enter him at the war service cross 1st class, but what I did with a long-distance conversation with