English Translation

20 Prague, September 28, 1939. To the SS Brigade leader F r a n k f2819 4DE idoen pre sfor odayasansndoelond On Monday, the 25th M., the Gauobmann of the DAF, Pg. B i r k e called me, and told me that he was in Prague with several gentlemen of the German Labour Front from Berlin to talk to them about the regulations that concern the Daf in the Protectorate. Since you are not in Prague, he asked me to give him an opportunity to make a statement. I then negotiated with the DAF's gentlemen in the German House. The DAF, especially the Berlien gentlemen, complained about the appointment of the factory observator by the Reichsprotektor, while in the Old Kingdom the order of the Daf was a pure matter. I replied to them that they had not read the regulation correctly, because even in the Protectorate the appointment of the works chairman was not carried out by the Reichsprotektor, but the order of the enterprise chairman was merely a matter for the DAF. Only the speakers in the company and the trustees were called by the Imperial Protector. The Berlin representatives of the German Labour Front then stated that the head of the DAF Dr: Ley would protest against the decree by the deputy of the leader and do not think of lifting his order on the construction of the DAF in the Protectorate. I would say that, on the basis of the decree of the Führer No. 98/39, Dr. In Berlin, Ley was not an ano le in the protectorate, but that this was only ang protectors. Gauobmann Birke gave rliner Herren finally let him en ac .