English Translation

If, in contrast to the opinion of the elected political fac- tors of the area, there were concerns in your ministry about granting Gierach the Eichendorff Prize, I would have thought it expedient to discuss these concerns with Gauleiter and Reichsstander Henlein and myself before the decision was given. I can assure you, Mr Reichsminister, that the decision has caused a stir in this country and is subject to general rejection. In view of this decision, the old complaint of Germanism in the Sudetenland and in Bohemia and Moravia will have to be recalculated that the political conditions of the area are almost undecided to the central authorities. I do not think it would be a good idea today for such a study to be given new food by material which is obviously based on it. I am therefore strongly in favour of your Ministry accepting the proposal to award the Eichendorff Prize to Gierach. I thank you for your statement. Cr8Heil/Hitler ! You two)