STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1897, sig. 109-5/125 (damaged)

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42 Minutes. - According to the order, I have today's Toge Dr. Ritter Pranz V. Goss, senior lieutenant of the Wehrmacht, who has been on the side for an eye cure in Prague, appointed to me and opened the following to him in the order of the Reichaführer: "After a suthent statement you have repeated yourself to the Minister of the Autonomous Government of Emanuel Moravec, who is at the same time under the influence of alcohol, in an irresponsible way about the conditions at the Oetfront and in the stage area of the East, talking about differences between the civil administration and the army, about a false German church policy in Östen, about differences among the armed forces, about false German politics against the Russians and especially General Vlassov against them. The Reichsführer has therefore made a sworn decision concerning you to carry out sur ja with regard to your probation, and has asked me to present you with a summons and to give a serious warning to Czechs for your irresponsible statements and to ask them to refrain in the future from any disintegrating statement, in particular to foreign folk voices." Lieutenant colonel v. Goes clearly took note of this warning in sharp tone and declared that he had never had the aversion to do decomposing statements, but admitted that he, with Minister Moravec, whom he has personally known for many years, had been very frank about Öet problems and had not thought bad with regard to his friendship with Moravec and his absolutely positive attitude to the empire. He hopes that the matter will have no further developments and promises