English Translation

tV - 3 - even officers, would be guilty by their utterances at the evil mood and opinion formation. Also, the German authorities had not done anything to strengthen the authority of the Czech government and would have always appeared to the Czech people with the greatest hardness and sharpness. On the German side, one could give something to the Czech people in some respects and fulfil many of his national wishes relatively easily. Jch responded very sharply to this, that the Czech side always demanded a performance from the German sides, without even being really decent to the rich, loyal and active in the sense of the empire. On 16 March 1939, the Pührer had achieved such an advance in his goodness and state-sizedness through the autonomy given to the countries of Bohemia and Moravia that, first of all, for a long time, this German advance had to be paid off from the Czech side before one could approach the Reich with demands. This, however, has not only not happened in the political sector, but, as the facts prove, has been prevented in every way. The Czechs must be glad that they were not swept away by the German Wehrmacht in October 1938 or March 1939. For the rest, the Protectorate was still better in many respects than some other neutral or non-warring territory in Europe, e.g. Switzerland or Spain. The empire was no longer able to tolerate the status of the protectorate so far and would prepare a final attempt to change the situation thoroughly. So I left Mr Ježek.