English Translation

Subject: Military Foundations. In the old k.u.k.-Esterreich there was a larger number of so-called military foundations. These foundations were divided at the time after the establishment of Czechoslovakia and continued in the former Czechoslovak Republic without any change of the purpose of the foundation. After the establishment of the Protectorate, the question arose as to whether these foundations would stand up or be disbanded, i.e., that they should lead to a different course of action.The Wehrnachtvollmpfächtte at the Reichsprotektor has at that time brought about a leader's decision about the OKV. Leut Notification of the Kehr-möglichtempflegte and the Ceneralmajor of G r a e - v e n i t z in the OKv. The Pihrer is said to have decided that the foundations are to be maintained unaltered and that the control of the Wehrmacht authorized by the Reichs- In my capacity as commissioner for organizations I have also had to deal with these so-called military foundations. I believe that the purpose of the Foundation has not been described to the Fihrer at that time. The provisions on the use of the assets contained in the letters are so uncontemporary and, in most cases, practically impossible that, in my opinion, a dissolution of the foundations is urgently required. From the fulle of the individual purposes of the foundation (about 500 letters) I give the following examples: "To buy three awards for the shooting of the officers of the Infantry Regiment No. 54", - 2 -