GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 843, sig. 110-7/5

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He also welcomed the strengthening of the position of the Upper Land Councils - as it is the result of the instructions for service. 3) Then the question of the retirement of ministerial conductors P u c h s and L i e b e n o w was briefly discussed. State Secretary Stuckart believes that, after the reorganization of the State Ministry, the gentlemen can be placed in the waiting position without further delay, where the positions will be released for us. However, it is difficult in this case to offer Mr Fuchs to the Wehrmacht, since they are reluctant to take a mini-sterial conductor who is no longer in service. Otherwise, it would be possible to appoint Mr Fuche as Deputy Head of Administration in France, and I have said that it would very much be politically desirable if at least one of the gentlemen could be used outside the Protectorate. After some matters of administrative simplification and air protection - which are naturally in the foreground in Berlin - had been discussed, I decided to visit the Minister of State after about 3/4 hours. State Secretary Stuckart stressed that he would very much like to come again to Prague to pay his visit. To the Minister of State for interested information. Wi.ltn