English Translation

The Head of Division IV Prague, 19.mas 4942 W/Kt Vinaflay W I./Note n Betr.: Whispering propaganda against the vaccination of Tachechian children. Anl. 2 RS About the contents of the enclosed SD report I got on 13.5. Talking to the head of Group I/6, Ministerialra Dr.Plato, who did not decide on the following: 1.) He had the impression that the city doctor of Pibrane had somehow wanted to make himself important through his letter to the Minister of the Interior. Irmerhin was taken from the letter to Anlae, also in Fibans, to check the situation. 2.) Public health risks should not result from the propaganda against vaccination. It must be taken into account that today, in the Protectorate, there are still some harsher conditions, e.g. due to diphtheria, than in the Rbiähe Reichgebiet, which can be gradually resolved. In addition, it is understandable that the population should be allowed to follow the new vaccination regulations (change in the age of vaccination). In his opinion, the anti-vaccination propaganda in this country is not too much different from the similar phenomenon in other areas of the empire. 3.) Min.Rat Plato strongly asks to refrain from a propagandist treatment of the matter, since in his opinion and experience, the propaganda scale can very easily be used to achieve the opposite of the intended. The Czech Bopopulation would become quite restless. I have taken note of these statements with the benerken that I would direct the Secretary of State, with the suggestion that Group 1/6 -2-