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- 7-28 that W. was quite unsuitable for the Prague task. W. is a pronounced "hairfish", which was very strong in the Organisato- rical; moreover, it is very questionable whether the plans proposed by Min.Dir. Mentzel in connection with W. could be carried out in the fourth year of the war in Prague at all. I was pleasantly surprised that in points W. The rector named the professors Rüland, Denk and Klausing as their names. I pointed out that Klausing probably goes to Sofia, think because of his really catastrophic lecture as rector is hardly in question and Rüland as a jurist coming from Greifswald is probably not yet sufficiently known with the relations of the room. With regard to the university celebrations l948, it was necessary that the future rector had an interest in the tasks of this room and that he also had his own work in this room. I might think that men like the professors Zatschek and Weizsäcker are more likely to be considered than Mr Rüland, whom I personally appreciate. I would have recently spoken to Obersturmbannführer Fischer about these questions, which was also of the opinion that it would be good to link Mr Zatschek and Mr Weizsäcker more closely with the university leadership. The rector raised concerns against Zatschek, which related in particular to the personal difficulties that Zachek had previously had in the philosophical faculty. I pointed out that since his return from Vienna, Zatscheck had had no difficulties at all and had without complaint fulfilled his duties well. Furthermore, one could not always take into account personal moods, some of which date back to 10 years ago, because this would make every initiative impossible. With regard to the Reinhard Heydrich Foundation, it was of course the case that a rector who was interested in the tasks of the Foundation was wanted. So far, there has been a smooth collaboration between Rectorate and Heydrich Foundation, which could be continued especially if the successor to Manificenz Buntru had the same objective interest in the tasks in the area. - 8 -