Vickers and Škoda are described as close collaborators. Clarke recounts an anecdote that Škoda sent weapon plans to Vickers to keep them from German hands during the occupation. Another participant recalls changes in ownership of Rothschild interests in what is now the Czech Republic. In that account, assets passed from Austrian to British or French family interests to obstruct seizure. Both examples remain recalled accounts.
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Protecting industrial plans and assets from Nazi control
Accounts of Škoda weapon plans and Rothschild industrial interests describe attempts to keep assets beyond Nazi control.