English Translation

Christoph Klepsch, Aussig. Ausssig, on 28 December 1942. to the head of the Bodenamt für Böhmen und Mähren SS Obersturmbannfihrer F i sc h e r , Prague - Burg . As co-owner and head of a canning factory Klepsh & Söhne Ges.m.b.H. in AussIG I ask for a küufliche bew. lease transfer of Skobis to German-Kopist, in case of lease possibly with the granting of the pre-purchase right. This request is justified as follows : Klepsch & Söhne is the first and largest canning plant in the Sudetengau region and supplies almost exclusively the SuDetengau area, but it also has to fulfil important supply quotas compared with the Wehrmacht. These quotas have recently been increased. In order not to have to reduce the allowances for the civil sector of the Sudetengaues in spite of the increased deliveries, I intend to ensure the corresponding supply of raw material by acquiring the Skobis vegetable plant, which I know is located in the administration of the Soil Office. One of the main reasons for my intention to make a profit is the irregular supply by foreign farmers, which has had a considerable effect on the production of the company Klepsch & Söhne and thus on the entire German economy. The company Klepsch & Söhne owns land only in the limited amount itself, on which for the Pirma vegetables and there mainly asparagus is built. Up to now the cultivation of the raw material for the vegetable consensus production of the company Klepsch & Sähne is interrupted in the way that with different farmers the various