English Translation

b Prague, 31 May 1941. i brgang. 10y6.07 K.H. with 2 Appendices 4 - Obersturmbannführer Dr. G i e s. Subject: Settlement of the Bessarabia Germans. - A division on the questions mentioned in the note could not be raised until it was clearly clear who will finance the settlement. By the meetings in Berlin and Prague (for this purpose 4-Sturmbannführer H i e g e had been sent by the Reichskommissar for the consolidation of the German Folketing and Diplomwirt I v e r s e n as managing director of the Deutschen Ansettlungsgesellschaft) the matter has now been decided in the following way BAE. The Reichskommissar for the consolidation of the German people takes over the financing of the matter. The - implementation of the settlement takes over in the protectorate to a certain extent in representation of the Reichs-Kommissar of the higher 4- and police leaders. To him as consulting organ a so-called settlement staff is placed. Chairman State Commissioner G r o s s , and 4 - Chief Sturmführer Steyr, Dr. Borchardt, Chief Government Councillor Staehly, sen.