STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1253, sig. 109-4/1007

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Draft 1: Dr. Klapka arrested. Prague, 10 July 1940. Officially reported: In the course of an investigation against an illegal group that held treasonous relations abroad, it was found that the previous primator of Prague, Dr. Klapka, who had been aware of this anti-state activity and had been actively supporting it for some time. Dr. Klapko's support for the traitorous group led to his immediate arrest. Klapkes is not only in sharpest contradiction to his duties as the primator of Prague, but also proves that he acted responsibly towards his own people. Draft No. 2: Dr. Klapka solidified. PrsS , 10.7.1940, Because of national treacherous activity, the previous primator became oorm's anti-state activity Dr. Klapkas is not only in the strongest vide of his duties as the primate of Prague, but also proves that he has dealt with his own people in the most unspeakable way. Explanation: The two drafts were drafted jointly by Commissioner Klements and myself in agreement with Dr. Geschke. H-Obersturmbannführer Böhme did not agree with the first two paragraphs of draft No. 1 because they appeared to him too extensively. On the other hand, Obersturmbann- führer Bohme was completely inconsistent with draft No 2. The Koumentar, which in the last paragraph of both drafts