English Translation

Secret 16 Reichpolitik in Bohemia and Moravia. Party comrades ! I gladly followed the invitation of your Gauleiter, Konrad Henlein, to speak once before a circle of political leaders of the Reichsgaues Sudetenland about the political line in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Mähren. mif ginaf ipe I strongly point out that my remarks have as their subject matter secret Reichssachen of the most serious political significance and therefore must be regarded as state secret within the meaning of § 88 of the Reich Criminal Code. Their passing on to other persons or permanent exploitation would be punished as state treason with death or with penitentiary. I urge you not to take this reference as a mere formal warning, but at the same time as an appeal to our common commitment to leaders and kingdoms. I can only speak openly to you, my party members, about these things, which are affecting my old fellow fighters most strongly, only if no syllable really gets out of this room. For this you must vouch for me and confirm this by signature under the prescribed protocol. I hardly need to stress that notes are inconvenient. St. M. \x B-4d [4g. 133/44g