English Translation

In the case of the agricultural sector, the Commission's proposal is based on a proposal from the Commission to the Council (COM(88) 379 final — Doc. In answer to the question, which I am asked as a lawyer in a relevant position as the head of the Legal Office of the Land Office, whether I believe that the state is liable for this mismanagement, I declare: I ask myself to give an answer to this question, since I am still in active service as a military council. Furthermore, the question answers from my testimony. I would like to make a special statement on this matter, voluntarily without question: after the last conference before Secretary of State Frank in the Protectorate, a ministerial meeting of the Protectorates' Government for Bohemia and Moravia took place, in which both sectional head Novak and I were personally heard. We have both made it clear in this sitting that the demands of the Coburg heirs did not seem to us without reason, and have openly advised that we should approach the offer, because we were of the opinion that with regard to the matter of Hodza-wheat and gift of love things were not in order, at least great mistakes had been made. If I am told that, yesterday, section head Novak replied to questions he had heard at the Council of Ministers meeting, neither he nor I had been heard by the Council, this is not true. Only the two of us have been heard. We did not participate in the internal discussion and vote on the answer to be given. In this way, I would like to draw attention to another case of damage, in which I believe that there is some justification for the demands of the Coburgers, namely the question of determining the levy on assets. In my view, this is also a particularly sad chapter, which, in its effects, is always put in the shoes of the Bodonamt state office and its punctuators, while in my opinion the culprits