THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1268, sig. 110-12/94

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39 - 2 - "A bad sailor" is about the least flattering thing to say about someone in England. It is about equivalent to weakling, Hanswurst, strange August. As Grant's report shows, this is indeed the role Benesch plays in England today. In the history of the peoples and even in those of the emigrant communities, it may not have been the case that a person recognized by a government as the "head of state" is asked by the security police of this government to make himself available as a straw man, one could also say as a bullet catch, in the organization of official journeys. Even more grotesque and a peak of dignitylessness is that Benesch commits himself to such a company. Nothing characterizes his personality more than the fool role he has just performed on behalf and on expenses of the Secret Service. Even the stupidest Prague švihák would have thought about this mission three times. It would be interesting to know - and unfortunately Alfred Grant conceals this - which fee Beneseh has received for the execution of this canouflade. Also, one can be curious what the Russians say about this casual work of their candidate for Central Europe.