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34 41-Grup. 9 June 1943. St.S.253/43. NO 1943 To Mr. General Music Director Karl Elmendorff, Dresden, State Opera. Dear Mr. general Music Director ! The two Walküre performances from 22nd and 24th May d.Js. in the context of the Prague Music Weeks, thanks to the high art of your excellent artist ensemble and your well-established Staatskapelle, and above all thanks to your masterful staff guidance, I have been able to culminate in the last days of the German music life in Prague. To my great regret, I was personally unable to attend one of the two events for official reasons. But I do not want to fail to express my sincere thanks to you and to your artists for the artistic achievements that always mean a lot politically for the German city of Prague. On this occasion I express the hope that the relations between Dresden and Prague, which have been re-established by the guest performance, will also have a fruitful effect on cultural policy in the future IJOTTHTTOH 1 3Sal 2.) Z.d.A. 10-8914