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

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42 Annex 5 A b s c h r i f t ! Revision. 8 February 1940. 3127/B/Ha/BH. To SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Röhrich Prag Bodenamt Your letter of 31 January 1940 RV/V/27 RV /V/ Dr.rö/Yes. I have taken note of the contents of your letter of 3l. l. 1940 and submit my statement below. The German Reichsverein für Volkspflege und Siedlerhilfe e.V. by letter of 23 October l939, in your capacity as Reichsführer, has committed itself to the payments of l./ K. l3,000,000,-- to the head of the settlement office- SS 2./K. 400.ooo,- - to the chief of the administrative office R.u.S. 30/Ko 500,000,-- for the purpose of the SS-team houses, for which the funds have been taken from the account of the commissary head of the IX. section of the Ministry of Agriculture of Prague, Separato account, until 3l December l939. From the above amounts the item 3./over K. 500,000, - is withdrawn. After a meeting with the deputy of the interim head of SS-Obersturm- bannführer Dr. Bartholomeyczik, you gave this undertaking in writing, after you had already made orally in the previous weeks in discussions the promises that the Reichsverein will accept the above non-domestic payments for the self-repayment. You voluntarily made this undertaking on 23 October 1939 and made no reservation regarding its effectiveness either in the discussion or in the letter of 23 October 39.