STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 550, sig. 109-4/297 Page 34 · 34 of 44
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 550, sig. 109-4297
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_2- 27 that the Secretary of State had chosen this sharp form of rebuke from Hruby, this was necessary for political reasons. He /Krejči/ could assure that these things would never happen with Hrubý if Hrubi had been more attached to him. The Secretary of state had to be embarrassed by the matter itself, since Hrubský would actually have been the candidate of the State Secretary. His /Krejčis/ candidate would have been Fousek, who was much more open and honest. He knew that the Secretary of State did not want to meet Minister Moravec or him /Krejči/ with the nature of today's reception, because what the State Secretary had accused Minister Hrubý of today was certainly already known to the State Minister last Tuesday when he /KREJči / was received privately by the State State Secretary. Perhaps that's why the Secretary of State chose the time of Krejči's private reception in such a way to show him /Krejčy/ that he did not want to meet the State Secretary/Kreyči. Returning to his position as chairman of the government, Krejči noted that the Hrubý case clearly showed how necessary it would be that he/Krejčy/ had the individual ministers more in hand and could control their activities more. He /Krejči/ could assure the Secretary of State that in the event that he was again granted certain rights over the ministers as chairman of the government, such things could not happen and would become better. According to today's constellation, however, he had to bear the greater part of the responsibility and had no possibility of blaming the individual ministers for himself. He bore this difficult task. In the past, he would have immediately demissioned in such a case. However, in the present time, this did not exist, and a dismissal of the Secretary of State meant the end of each minister. More recently, Czech personalities had appeared with him and had advised him to resign as a leader and minister, as the Czech public and the London station would make fun of his /Krejčis/ position. He had thrown these people out. He knows that such people, if their names become known, would be assured, but one must understand that he does not call these names, in order not to be regarded as a denunciant before the Czech people. That would not help the government or the rich. ./.