STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2589, sig. 109-12/237

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$13a 2 - Already in the first stage of the project of publishing a half-week newspaper in Pilsen, I had agreed with the publisher director Pg. Langhans the name "West Bohemian News". As I learned later, this designation was rejected by the administration office for the press in Berlin. The rejection took place with the indication that the old name Westböhmen was no longer apt, since part of this area is now in the Sudetengau. However, I do not think that this explanation is valid. I was able to answer Dr. Eckoldts is not closed, although on my part the name question is not settled in the previous case as much importance as you ascribe to Dr. Eckoldst. After all, I believe that I should propose to Mr. Secretary of State, hnmlWhminoha 421/4 Reichsleiters für die Presse der NSDÀP nhardt AST