STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2186, sig. 109-9/10 Page 33 · 33 of 117
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2186, sig. 109-9/10
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-2-27 had already spoken at the reception of the autonomous Czech government. On June 3, Benesch had even thanked the murderers for their deed in a report. - Has the strongly moscow-friendly attitude of Benesch found a reverberation in the Czech people in the later period ? - The Czechs are sharply opposed to the game of Benesh with Moscow in white-testing circles, the Deputy Reich Protector answers. The vast majority of the Czech people, deeply rooted in the plaice of their home country and with a narrow sense of home and family, does not want to know about Bolshevism. On the question of its correspondent , how far has the reichsgante taken root in the Czech people and whether the population in the Iro- tektorat stands behind the politics of President Hacha , State Secretary Frank replies : - This change to the Reichsgedanken is not a sudden economic-related phenomenon , but proceeds gradually and constantly ebbing ahead . In daily life, you can learn many ways to do this. Especially among the Czech youth, you will find a pleasingly large in terms of H'e Hall number activists for the Reich. And withxRüeksiant on the understanding of the masses against the politics of President Hachag, I can certainly note that his position in the Czech public sphere rests on a much broader basis than that of any other politician from the "Czechoslovak Aera". Hacha is the first Tsohechian leader, who - even confirmed by Benesh - was unanimously elected and who has love (a whole people. - Is this attitude also reflected in the war efforts of the Czech people? A - Just like the important workers and farmers, work (the Czech to the fulfilment of the arms and nutrition program, State Secretary Frank replies to this last question by continuing to refer to Czech inventions which they made have made available to the German armaments industry. - It is not possible to claim that such inventions can be brought to bear under durious coercion. On the contrary, they are an expression of ver %