English Translation

36-12 England and America would have succeeded in influencing the Soviets not to subordinate the Baltic states to this regime in the new establishment of the Bolshevik regime. A left-wing democratic government would be formed, just as the formation of a Latvian government in London would already be imminent. Such a state-owned government was much better than to remain in the Reichskommissariat Ostland and to be assigned to the Reich sooner or later In the turn of the year, a major rally took place on 1 Jan. 1942 in Reval, at which for the first time General Kommissar Litzmann and the head of the Estonian self-government, Dr. Mae, spoke before the public. The rally should serve to look back at Estonia's recent past at the turn of the year, but should also clearly and openly outline the direction and goal of future work. In his account of the past year, Dr. Mae, by quoting comprehensive figures, announced the considerable damage and losses suffered by the Estonian economy during the period of Bolshevik rule. However, the speech also provided a number of encouraging information on the progress of the initial construction work. The statement of the General Commissioner, which deepened the realization to which great extent German and Estonians in one.