English Translation

16 I. General mood of the Czechs, The atmospheric climax caused by the general enthusiasm of Czechs over the coup d'état and the anti-German turn in Yugoslavia was not of long duration. The Czech intelligentsia soon knew that, in the rush of joy, there had been a little too far ahead with its true attitude; moreover, certain concerns about Yugoslavia's military ability to cope with the absence of Russia's expected involvement led to a clear decline in the general mood from the south-east, refused At first a large part of the Czechs, to believe in their correctness, finally, despite a whispering propaganda, which sought to reduce the German successes in every way, there was a clear disappointment among Czechs which was only laborious by the anti-German interpretation of the Russian-Japanese non-aggression pact and until the end of the month. increasing rumors about an imminent German-Russian dispute was balanced, the depression of the leading anti-German circles was further strengthened in the Easter days by the becoming aware of the prohibition of action for the Sokol. From a often very obvious bad conscience one saw in this measure an omen for the future fate also of other Czech organizations and tried - however without great success - also to convince the Sokol-- the people that the activity was in fact against the Czech people against itself.In this atmospheric situation the speech, which the State Secretary 4h group leader Frank gave on the birthday of the leader at a 4y recruit oath in Prague, became special .