THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 213, sig. 110-4/59

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- 8 - 9 of his psychiatric examination had suffered from stomach problems for a few days, which is why he had been physically weakened and, in the meantime, had been impaired in his mental concentrative ability. He claimed to have expressed himself to the point that he had never heard foreign intelligence service with other persons, but even if it were true, he had to refuse to call fellow culprits. Graf K i n s k stated that, when reading the document, he was not aware of the fact that his detailed statements on the point in question had finally obtained a version which did not correspond to the meaning of his admission; otherwise he would have been forced to make a correction in relation to the official responsible for the hearing and would not have corrected himself first to the judge responsible for questioning. With regard to the otherwise unlimited confession made by Count Kin s k y in the main proceedings and the circumstances set out, which make a misunderstanding seem possible, the court could not come to the conclusion that the accused Count K in s ky, contrary to his disputing admission, listened together with other persons, in particular with the defendant Count C in n nd , foreign stations. According to the impression gained in the main negotiation, Graf Kinsk is mentally superior to the fellow defendants, which is contrary to the assumption of a closer community, as it would find a certain expression in the contravention of the common interception of foreign channels. Moreover, the defendant, Count K i h s k y, irrefutablely asserted that he had not used foreign news sources out of hostile attitude towards the Reich, and that in the opposite part, taking into account all circumstances, he had long since come to the realization that he was seeing the best political solution for his homeland and the Czech Vclkstum in the direction of the Protectcrata di. Finally, the defendant Prince de Rchan' had declared in his judicial interrogation that he could not imagine having heard foreign channels outside his spell. In the judicial investigation, he had also admitted that he had heard from Count C z e r n i n according to his information from foreign news. However, the pclicial confession is imprecisely inaccurate when it says that the