English Translation

3 3 was not pleased with this development for purely private financial reasons and therefore made various attempts to disrupt the links between German companies and the Finnish economy by wrong information. This tendency was quickly recognized on our part and co-operatives were therefore eliminated immediately. In addition, Koivistoinen, who moved exclusively in Czech and Jewish circles, enjoys a very bad reputation in Prague. Furthermore, he attempted to incite masters of our companies abroad to buy foreign currency. On the basis of this situation, all the companies and agencies of OMNIPOL A.G. have. any connection with the local Finnish Consulate has been broken. On the occasion of various private and business discussions with the Finnish Minister Dr.Henrik Ramsay, I pointed out the untenability of this situation and argued that Mr. Koivistoinen was an unpleasant burden on the Finnish reputation and could only hinder these recent lively business relations between Prague, Pressburg and Finland. In the spring of 1943, I received the private visit of Dr. Ramsay to Prague, accompanied by Ministerial Director Kopola from Helsinki and the Deputy Finnish Envoy in Berlin, Mr. Lundström. On this occasion, I was officially asked if I was willing to take the lead