English Translation

hopuerMonr LOC Conversation with State Secretary K.H. Frank. The Permanent Representative of the Reich Protector, State Secretary Karl Hermann Frank, received the diplomatic correspondent of Transozean-Europapress Dr. Rudolf Fischer to an interview about the situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The conversation developed as follows: 1.Question: In recent times, Eduard Benesch has made great efforts to come back to the forefront of the political stage. They, Mr. State Secretary, made communications at the time after the assassination of Deputy Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, which indicated that Benesch was connected with this assassination. Have there been any new evidence of Benesch's guilt? Have you also received new evidence for the extent of the intended effects in England and in the Protectorate? 2.Question: Do you, Mr. Secretary of State, have any indication that Benesch's policy, which, as he has shown in the Polish affair, seems to be aimed at establishing a closer link between his policy and Moscow, has had any reverberation in the Czech masses?