A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1857, sig. 109-5/85

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The Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia. Dr. Ja. Gruppe Kulturpolitische Angaben. 30./8.1939 Evening reports of the French radio station. Sender: Paris, broadcasting time 2l.30, language: french. The heavy weight of European politics has been transferred to London after the unification of the Germans. Numerous foreign diplomats paid a visit to the Foreign Office. The French ambassador had an interview with Lord Halifax and also met with the Prime Minister. Lord Halefax also received the ambassadors of Japan and China and the Dutch envoy. At about 30 the meeting of the narrow cabinet to review the note of Hitler and the answer to it was to be given. The crowd prepared enthusiastic rallies for the ministers as they arrived.In official circles, it was stated that no new cabinet meeting was held. Nor should the parliament be convened at any earlier date than the scheduled (this is the coming Tuesday). Lord Halifax and Chamberlain had further discussions around l5.30. Oposition leaders are in contact with the government and are kept constantly up-to-date. Union leaders are also kept constantly informed. At 5 p.m., Commissioners Dominians were welcomed to whom information was given. In Warsaw's Polish circles, it is reported that the military measures that the Polish government has created today are of less importance than the friher carried out. The Polish press, too, believes that the present-day measures are of lesser importance than those that are opposed to them. Tomorrow there will be an official call on women and children and old people who are staying in Warsaw for no compelling reasons to leave the capital.