English Translation

The Imperial Protector Bohemia and Moravia Prague IV, 31 July 1941. Agent: Dr.von Both. I 10 Nr.V §-2-141/41. 1.) To the Prime Minister Betr.: Czechoslovak Institute in Rome. I would ask that the Czechoslovak Institute close in Rome with immediate effect. I would like the Institute's library, with the exception of Slovak works to be delivered to the Slovak State, to be returned to Prague and handed over to the local university library. 2.) Copy of 1.) The representative of the Federal Foreign Office to the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia in Prague Having regard to the opinion of the Foreign Office of 27 March 1941,Kult.W 3276, the Minister for Science, Education and People's Education has requested the closure of the Czechoslovak Institute in Rome. 3.) Wvl.l./9. I.: The manuscripts necessary for the Roman archive cannot be brought along for the camp.