STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1461, sig. 109-4/1215

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- 16 - and the Reichsverein was not the recipient of the money and was therefore not the debtor. 39 The opinion expressed by the undersigned, however, was that the Reichsverein is a debtor.According to an audit report on the Society for Disease Control G.m.b.H., Berlin, dated l. l2. l939 was the "Reichsverein Mitgrün" - of the said society with a parent contribution of RM 199,000.-- and Leonid Ehrenburg with a family contribution by RM l.O0O.-. Furthermore, the Reichsverein, represented by Mr. Günther Pancke and Mr. Curt von Gottberg, after a 10. 5. 1 939 contracts concluded with the Dutchman Mr. Johannes van den Berg, the sole right to produce and evaluate his remedy against foot-and-mouth disease - FMS - formerly called "Matafte", for the price of RM 3,000.000.--. The Reichsverein had to pay 1,000.000 at the time of entry into force of the contract RM. 40 The report states that the resources grant of RM 200,000.--, which represents, so to speak, the initial capital of the company, as well as the amount of Reichmark l,000.000.-, that was not paid by the company but by another body, was not kept on the books of the society. 41 We believe that of the K 13.000.000.-, K 12.000.000..--- as a parent contribution and for payment of the medium / 1st rate/ are related and further K 1.0oo.000 after the 4 group leader Pancke is expelled are available as liquid means. There can be no doubt for us that the Reichsverin, even if the payment to the head of the settlement office was made at the time, directly or indirectly into the possession of the sum of K l3,90,000.--