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DER RUSTUNGSOBMANN FURBOHMENUND MAHREN Prag III, the 31st of October 1944. of the Reichsminister für Armor u. Kriegsproduktion Graben 14. Call: 26651-54, 20541-45, 212-47-48 Dr. Bernhard Adolf Wire address : Zentralindus-Rüstungsobmann 2473-44 G.Z. Please repeat signs and business numbers to the Reply. Mr. Deutsche Staatsminister für Ihre Nachricht inisterar Böhmen und Mähren Subject: SS-Obergruppenführer K.H. Fr a n k 1. NOV. 1944 P_r__a__g__IV.1 Czernin-Palais. Dear Minister of State! I received the following report from the first Brno Maschinenfabriks Gesellschaft on the initiative of the Armaments Office at the Reich Minister Speer: "During my stay in Brno yesterday I learned that in the period from ll. _ l4. October 1984 the 3 above-mentioned works of Rü-Amt RAI Berlin, namely by Mr Gruppenlei ter Ing. In addition to the fact that objections can be raised factually against the result of the review and are also raised by the three companies, the nature of the investigation and the appearance of Mr. Ing. Birkel gives me reason to report to you. Mr. Ing. Birkel accompanied the Czech director Kakáč of the Brno-Königsfelder Maschinenfabrik with his suggestions about the work with the words: "Either you accept this or I will let you detach it." In the pilot alarm the gentlemen were in the first Brno and laid down their impressions in the enclosed report page 2, point 3. The gentlemen themselves drove by car from the factory to the Schreibwald. At the Lotsen-Posten in the Schleibwaldstrasse, various vehicles of the fire brigade, etc., where a Czech guard regulated the traffic. Mr. Ing. Birkel demanded of Dr. Schnei- the following: "Jump out, beat the guy down, we are an iom mission from the Reich". In the course of the exchange speech, the Czech guard replied to Dr. Schneider: "If you don't like it, read me off." Mr. Dr. Taier has this ejection $\4 {{1}$