English Translation

Rys is also of the opinion that the whole matter had been initiated by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment and that it was due to an influence of the Minister B e r t s c h by ministers (M or a ve c or the Youth Curatorium). Rys does not want to reoccupy the post of Head of the Main Organisation, which was freed by the work obligation of the Polivka, because it is pointless, since the successor would certainly be obliged to work again. In Czech circles, it is also widely believed that the work of the Vlajka officials is in fact to be traced back to the intention of the German authorities to protect them from the revenge of their own national well-known comrades, since, after the recent events on the war scene, the Germans were soon to face a threat. Rys sees the present situation of the Vlajka very pessimistic. Of the 25 business premises that were once available to the Vlajka in its Prague office, 3 remained for him. According to his own statements, he employs only three female assistants, since the other employees are partly taken away from him by duty, partly by state police arrests, and the work is impossible. By the intervention of the Germans he allegedly sees himself at the end of his strength. As announced from a telephone call from Do-zent K 1 i m er t to Minister Moravec on 14.11.42, Rys is to be received in the next few days by State President /H á c h a. Rys has asked for such a reception because he wants to thank the State President personally for the alleged dismissal or pardon of his arrested followers. Mo- ravec has been very excited to Kliment about this intentional reception of the Rys and sees it as an intentional advance of his adversaries. The "National Fascist Community" (NOR) has been back in recent months from the initiative Gajdas