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

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63-3- gE903 in London before the execution of the assassination and begged radezu to refrain from the murder. But Beneš, who needed the murder and should have prevented it from being aware of the true mood in the Protectorate, did not do so, let the murderers with whom he was in punk contact run free, and thanked on 3.6.l942 in a radio message for the act carried out. The exultation in the London tachechisoh programme and the pormulations in Beneğ's speeches are the satisfaction of the success of the murder strike. How falconous Beneš's account was, the Czech people's pickets, which were hurled against him everywhere in the Protectorate at that time, showed that the breathing up and relief of the whole Czech people were captured as the murderers and their helpers. The intended effect in the Protectorate, i.e. to induce far-reaching acts of insurrection and sabotage, has not been achieved. To what extent English and American Beneš believed that the Czech people in the protectorate were in insurgency or insurgent, is beyond my knowledge. If they believe it, they are in error. The bomb fell on a man and struck a number of Czechs into trouble, but the calm and order has not been disturbed since then and the protectorate with its population works with all its strength for the empire. 2. Question: The lively diplomatic activity of Beneš in the last weeks is also on the same page that bears the headline "the vain Beneš". He has the most important observations from the world wars of all emigrants living in London and, as he informs us in the letter from Ok- tober l942, which was also found in a paratrooper group, is particularly proud of the fact that the Poles, who by the way have despised the West Slav since his life, have stabbed out in London. He himself considers sic to be the greatest European stealsman, the English and Americans constantly lectures on the true