English Translation

Ndehtum des Deutschen Nachrichtenbüro (DNB) Raw material - Only for the strict personal information of the recipient d (without editorial responsibility) Not for publication No. 20. 20.1.42. Blatt - 2 - (Continued) I have therefore decided to appoint a new government with the consent of the deputy protector of the Reich, which has to build up our countries without compromise the reorganization and also here to create all preconditions for the victory of the Great German Empire. In my view, this task will be greatly facilitated by one of the most tried and tested bodies of the Reicha authorities, which will be adapted to the wide range of practical changes in our central authorities, at the same time as the renaming of the new government. Another significant help for their activity will certainly be the person of the excellent Reich official who enters the government and directs one of the most important affairs of our economy and work. I promise myself of the immediate and close participation of this beseeching German expert in the government a great advantage for the common interests of the Protectorate and the Empire. I now ask you, in mwine hands, to make the vow that you will obey the leader of the Great German Empire Adolf Hitler, as the patron of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and faithfully fulfil all your duties. (continued) I