English Translation

T Ing.Wolfgang Richter, Reichenberg, l2 June 1939. Gauwirtschaftsberater U. Wirtschaftsbeauftragter des Reichs Governors. Abschrif t. Mr. State Secretary K,H. Fr a n k Prague. Dear comrade! I have recommended to the feiter of the Business Group to the Protectorate the appointment of a expert in financial policy institutes and organizations who come to Prague for the granting of loans. The task of this worker would be to ensure the proportion of people in Germany, to draw the attention of the German economy in the Protectorate to this possibility and to support German applications with these assistants. The failure to order such an expert will mean that the German economy in the Protectorate and the German lenders will not receive at all their share of the credit possibilities and will not get to know many favorable opportunities. There is no doubt that there is a lack of knowledgeable and personal trusted people in this area. I have thought of the former Abg. Zierhut, who, without doubt, is in fact 5012