English Translation

24 - 3 - to implement excellent Czech land and state defence legislation. Propagandistically and prestigiously, such a step towards the Czech government could always be made plausible; for the government acknowledges that it wants to make up for proven injustice in the field of land policy, on the other hand, it remains at least nominally the master of the house and the interests of the Czech compatriots can also be safeguarded - although I think on the harshest soils of the Protectorate. From our point of view, however, it is a prerequisite that Sections VIII and IX and the administrative branches related to them receive a certain independent position, which is resolved by the ministers of the department, a position that prevents the government from getting too deep an insight into the goals and plans of the German soil policy. A draft regulation, with which I agree in substance, is annexed to Annex 2. It is a question of political fate whether the government will be prepared to adopt the regulation or whether the Reichsprotektor must appear. The fact that the German soil policy has to learn its orientation about the Mr Reichsptotektor does not require any discussion. As a result, it is clear to me that the proposal to appoint SS-Oberführer v. Gottberg at the office of Mr Reichssptotector as General decernant for reparation questions under transfer of a corresponding post would be followed. This would ensure that not only the will of the Reichsprotektor would be taken into account on a case-by-case basis, but also that all departments' wishes would be recorded and aligned according to a uniform basic concept. I was lucky enough to be able to attend the lecture of the "Reichsführers-SS" last Sunday in Munich, which he gave to the