STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2166, sig. 109-7/123

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80 21.3. Dr.Wolfgang Steinbichl, Federal Foreign Office,Press Department Berlin W 8,Wilhelmstrasse 74. 79 Berlin,19 March 1939. Mr. State Secretary Karl Hermann Prank P r a g , Reichsprotektorat. Dear Party comrade Prank I Dear State Secretary ! Take my heartfelt wishes for your appointment as Secretary of State at the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia.I was very pleased about this. In your new office, should you ever need a dedicated member of staff from the time of struggle who, among other things, knows the Czech people and their languages in any context, I ask you to have me.I am always available to the Foreign Office and I would be most honoured to be able to demonstrate the trust you have so far placed in me in immediate work for you. Hail Hitler!