English Translation

The major difficulties arose on the 28th of May at Smi-chow station, because the responsible head of the Czech police no longer allowed trains to enter or leave. Even trains that had already been driven from Prague Central Station to Smichow under control and could have passed without stopping had to stop in front of the station's entry signal. As a result, all trains on the Pilsen-Prague line had to be stopped. It was only after the German liaison officer I had appointed had arrived and the Gestapo had also seconded some of its staff to there that the operation could be made liquidated again. Klann In general it can be said that, despite the refusal of the secret state police, with which I was kept constantly tight filling, the performing organs of the protectorate were taught very badly by their police directorate, sometimes even too late or no instructions at all. The police president showed complete headlessness and helplessness to the responsible manager of the Ministry of Transport and Technology and explained that he does not understand anything about the railway. In order to put an end to the chaos, he ordered that his organs at the stations should get their statements from the officials of the Stapo, since he did not get through with his orders and the situation constantly changed. (a) the secondment of an official from the Railways Group, and from the railway authorised representative of the DR to the Prague Railways Directorate, as liaison officers to the main railway stations of Prague Central Station, Moldovan Railway Station, Hiberner Railway Station and Smi chow. These officials had the task of keeping the operation liquid after the connection to Gestapo and police stations had been established, carrying out orders from the Railways Group and continuously reporting to my operations officer on the elimination of train traffic and the difficulties encountered. ./.