STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2619, sig. 109-12/267

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Tsohechischo_Presseeuszuge_(No. 4_) Publication Office Bautzen, 24.12.1944 -* Kornstr. 1 "Cechoslovål" (London): No. 52 of 24. 12. 1943 "Dismay in Berlin because of the Czechoslovak-Soviet Agreement. From the voices that are heard in German propaganda, one sees em bostan; which severe wound the Czech-Slovak-Soviet agreement has caused to the German plans. At first, the Goebbels propagandaknaypen tried to hide their citizens through poisonous and scornful commentary on the journey dos presidents, they explained that more than 60 reports had deliberately been published in the press of the verbundoten, that his journey had been given three Sundays earlier than it came to her, and that the first reports on the President's arrival in Moscow at a time when he was still on the road had not been contested. The conference of the three in Tehran was supposed to be framed by this, Scheinost euchieb first in the 'Národni Politika', that the president's Reiso and its results could not change the situation of our people. After a few days, however, in Berlin, the content of the abkovning and its influence on the formation of the subjugated European peoples, but mainly on the Czech people, were clarified. The part of the agreement, which speaks of a geneinsaven defense of the German 'drag to the East', then almost evoked a veto of German propaganda witches. The Germans mobilized allo Quislinge of larger and smaller calibres and attracted the sohraub of terror over don rest. Hächa and the 'Czech Ministry' of the government of the 'Protoctorate of Bohemia and Moravia' gave - as all German official reports expressly emphasized - a special rally. to the agreement of heraús, this caffo wreath of traitors and mem bers says in this rally, decs it *in the name of the whole of the Czech people as its lawful and competent government against the attempt of inexplicable emigrants to surrender our homeland to the Bolshevik impcrialism, foioral protest orhobu.! The Chechian people and its. sogen. Re- gication Hacha werdo oingodonk never recognize his European commitment to the Pact with the Bolshewisnus, but with all Kräfton gggon he fights against it. It is ungonoin contemplating that besides Hacha dieşe rally Krejcí, Bionert, Emanuel Moravec, Hruby, Komonickj and Kalfus sign habon. The speaker of the German Foreign Office of Stumm spoke at the press conference the next day about the rally of the 'Czech government' and emphasized the signature of the Hächalgute. In conclusion, he made the claim that President Benes had already deluded the people - as allegedly beksnnnt - nicmels di Interesson des chochi--, sondorn had acted as Vortraucnsmann frem- of the states. He also said that President Bonos had formerly been 'Commsndaxt oine's French flight---2--