STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2529, sig. 109-12/176 (damaged)

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Ivan Roubal on 1 March 1939. 1./ Political aspirations of the ANO: The Ano /Akce Narodni Obrodyt action of the national rebirth/ is composed of members of academic professions and comprises 5 groups: Aevzte, Advocates, Judges, Engineers, Apétheker. Dor leadership include: kxxkkkikxek Jan Lobkovīoz, Miroslav Hlávka, Ing.Macalik, Prof.Spilka, Doz. Polant, Dr.Roubal and others.The aim of the ANO was originally to influence the first government of Syrový, which overlaid it with 4 memoranda. In these it was demanded: l./ Jewish paragraph %Zeitigung der Juden aus allem public Funktionen, Übersicht über jewischen Geschäften etc./ 2./ Zachliches Verhältnis zu Deutschland. 3./ Verseitigung des Vertrags mit soviet-Russia. 4./ Erection of a national regime. When the National Unity Party was formed, it turned against various right-wing groups/fascists, Blajka, etc./ Against the ANO, no action was found to disband, because this is only a free association. Prime Minister Beran called on the Ano to cooperate in the National Union Party. As a condition, the ANO in a memorandum called for the departure of all the old compromised politicians 3 weeks ago she made her representatives in various commissions, but no one has yet been accepted. Currently xxx tries to get together the Gajda fascists with the "Nové Československo" /Youth/. Since one side of Gajda is rejected by many as a leader and the other side of the group is too big "youth" the ANO tries to take the lead by Jan Lobkovicz, who is the one who is detaching her ranks. The National Unity Party accuses the Ano that it is led by numerous representatives of the old "e-gimes, including Masons.