English Translation

In order to satisfy these claims, a cash amount equal to or greater than the amount of assets has already been made available. In addition, if necessary, the external standings, which the protectorate government would also have to waive in favour of the Commissioner, are still available, and only a small part of the members of the association and the members will report to the Commissioner with their claims. The satisfaction of the claims could therefore, under certain circumstances, appear in the result that the amount of assets remaining after deduction of the sum of the rights is proportionately large in addition to the external balances. In this way, a sum - especially after the recovery of the external positions - will become free, over which it is possible to dispose. In my opinion, this sum belongs to the German-speaking federation to be formed - and this is because it comes from German labour-grosssing and therefore has to be returned to German people. The agreement is obtained from the point of view that the renunciation of the assets is recognized par excellence as their final contribution to the reparation. I believe that the path outlined in the above-mentioned remarks is both politically feasible and administratively feasible.