English Translation

09 The Reichsführer= SS Reichskommissar für die Festigung Berlin=Halensee, 31 May 1941 German ethnicity IV 0/71 a/22.4.41 /Bg Process: Settlement of bessarabian German settlers in Koshatek and on the goods intended for the settlement in the district of Melnik. Reference : Letter from the Secretary of State Frank of 8.4.1941 along with attachments to the Reichsfahrer SS as well as the 27. and 28.d.Mts. Negotiations conducted in Prague. Attachments: - To Mr. Reichsprotektor für Böhmen und Mähren, i.e. SS Group Leader State Secretary F r a n k Prague My Head of Department Hiege told me about the negotiations conducted with you in Prague on 27 and 28 March. I approve the introduction and implementation of the settlement project Koschatek - about 2040 ha and about 984 ha of forest - according to the following provisions : I. Legal holder of the settlements procedure becomes the Higher SS and Police Leader Bohemia and Moravia. II. The holder of the settlement procedure shall be the buyer of the agricultural and forestry holdings and land intended for colonization; he shall become the owner of the land purchased on a land register basis. III. As a purchase price for the purchase of Jewish holdings and property, of enemy property and of hostile property, the settlement value is paid as a purchase cost for the acquisition of state-owned holdings and land, land-owned property and Czech-Aryan property. IV. The institution of the procedure entrusts the Deutsche Ansiedlungsgesellschaft Berlin with the practical implementation of the entire settlement project and gives it all the powers necessary for the proper performance of the order. V. The holder of the procedure establishes the "Resettlement Staff at the Higher SS - and Police Leaders Bohemia and Moravia." Gripinal ann 9/6 am Finter VA Dieserm_ 1/+i