English Translation

2/22 On the one hand, Minister Hrubý reported to me about these incidents and on the other hand, I have also been informed by the commissioner head of NG, lecturer Krejci. The peasantry, as áus will see in her letter, is of the opinion that the Land Office is acting on its own initiative in these cases, and this is further encouraged by the fact that the Secretary of State promised in his last speech to the Czech peasantry that every farmer who fulfils his duties will also be preserved. The peasantry therefore expects Minister Hrubý and I to report on the action taken by the Land Office to the competent German authorities. First of all, Minister Hruby and I, in an indifferent position on this issue, will be regarded as a fraud, and secondly, it will also be hard to suffer from the cultivation and harvest in the next few years; the Czech farmers already believe that it would be of little use to seek the rise of the farm if they do not have the guarantee that it will be preserved for them. National socialism and Bolshevism would be basically the same: the Bolsheviks expropriate their farmers, and national socialism does the same. I would like to ask you, Mr Sturmbannführer, on the basis of these events, to present this matter to the Secretary of State and, at the same time, to ask for a regulation that satisfies both sides. Mr Hrubý has already presented me with a number of proposals to solve this problem: Czech farmers should have the opportunity to move to Ukraine or to Cuba, and possibly to the West, to France. A similar action has already been taken in Holland, and the government there has contributed with funds to the realization. I am also convinced that many Czech farmers who would voluntarily leave this area would find themselves.