English Translation

b5 Comment on the emergence of the note: "The Czech press welcomes the noble minister" Prague, on February 7, 1940. Department: Subject: In the absence of the main editor, the Head of Political Affairs Josef Schmidt has appointed the political editor Dr. Honolka commissioned to use Czech press voices, which expressed themselves positively to the conversion of the protectorate government. This was done in the light of the fact that the hostile propaganda spreads versions of this government reform, which can best be countered by quotations from the TWn Czech press, (so as to show the agreement of the Czech public with the measures taken. Honolka translated a paragraph from the "Venkov" arrived in the late evening hours. Since only a few minutes were available until the end of the transition, Schmidt's manuscript was given a title in the haste of the work - it was yesterday a day of particularly strong manuscript induction - whose political stupidity did not come to his attention at the moment. It is therefore a mistake of fugitiveity which Schmidt has justified and sincerely regretted with the overloading of the work of this day. The principal author has then given a strong reference to the political director of Schmidt. hemuan