STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2186, sig. 109-9/10

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38 5 - London. When Katyn finally met with sophistication in London, he immediately broke the negotiations with the Poles on the creation of a Czech Polish confederation after the war in order to strike with the Bolshevik map, and at the expense of Poland's use of the conflict, he sought to improve the territory for himself. According to the experiences of the past, such advances are registered in this country, even by his conjugal followers, with the greatest skepeis. Even Benesch's agile approach to the Soviet Union during his journey through the United States of North America has aroused attention among the technical population of the Brotektorate, but not in the sense hoped for by Benesch. The Czechs are extremely concerned about the game of Benesch with Moscow and strongly opposed in the broadest circles. The ground-rooted Czech people with their strong sense of femilie, private property, merit and ascent do not want to know about Bolechiemus in its overwhelming majority. Today there are only small illegal communist groups in protectorate, the broad masquerading of the Czech population rejects the extradition of their homeland to Bolshevism by Benesch. It is only too well known that Benesch, when it demands his egoism, is willing on each side to also connect with the devil. Such and similar statements have been made to me in recent times by leading personalities of the former Techechian agricultural party, the Social Democrats, the Catholic Czech People's Party and the Techechische Gewerbepartei. 3. Question 1 Has the idea of the Reich taken root in the Czech people since the establishment of the Protectorate? Have the benefits of belonging to the rich prevailed in the consciousness of the Czech population? Are the masses behind the politicians of the President Hacha?