English Translation

bh - 34 - With President Hácha, who recently described himself as being in a "golden cage" to a friend, it became clear again how strongly he stands under foreign influences, which partly abuse him for their political goals. In particular, the opinion of his personal secretary, lecturer Dr. Kliment, attaches great importance to President Hácha, with Kliment so far seems to strongly represent the interests of Havelka. Kliment has always shown great interest in plitic issues and has shown that it is difficult to establish his true attitude because of his maneuverability. He was formerly a leader in the Czech student community and then a member of the National Democratic Party, but he was also said to have been a secretary to the National Socialist Benesch Party and to have worked with the Czech Communist and Social Democratic Party. In its overall political stance, Kliment was regarded as a follower of the old regime and Benesch's until the re-ordering of the state. After the establishment of the Protectorate, Kliment took a positive position on the reorganization and affirmed a state-like form of organization in the sense of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, and he also tried to expose himself recently in the "Association for Cooperation with the Germans". On the other hand, however, he also said that the "castle politicians" should not only look at Germany, but also take the right path towards the East. Kliment is close friends with Dr.Havelka, who also helped him with the position in the president's office and to whom he now feels obliged. An incident on the occasion of a reception of Czech journalists at the President's Hácha shows what influence Kliment exerts on the President of the Republic. Hákha gave a short speech there, in which he made statements about the corruption of press criticism in public life. When the journalists then expressed their amazement and Kliment told the President, Hácha, in the presence of the journalists Kliment, expressed his amazement at the fact that he was the one who told him this, since he himself had brought thesesé formulations into the speech. In these statements, the Czech journalists had the impression that Hácha, with his appeal, was against the desecration of the Reich's protector, according to which there is an interest in a healthy and discreet criticism.