STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1793, sig. 109-5/21

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nl - 2 almost completely on the point that the newspapers are exposed to a sharp German censorship, are monitored and are forced to write in this way. For this reason, the again strong whispering propaganda falls on fertile ground. Some of the circulating rumors are : 1. The Führer had realised that the external and internal policy course he had adopted was wrong. This would mean that major external and domestic political changes would be imminent. A German delegation would already be in London to agree with England under which conditions a new Czech state would be to be established. 2. Whole German regents engaged in the Protectorate mutiny and are guarded by the commanding force and parts of the Legion Condor. 3. In connection with these events, the commander of the X. Panzerdivsion, who had just killed a heartbeat, committed suicide. A strong propaganda - especially through leaflets against the employment of Czech workers in the Reich has been established. These workers are called 'lap traitors', because they only make their labour power available to the Reich for their personal advantage. On the other hand, the reports of the workers who have returned from the Reich, for two, advertise exceptionally. These workers are German-friendly and even often greet with "Heil Hitler". Their letters from the Reich are not believed, however, because they are assumed to have been shouted under coercion. Favorably on the mood of the population the establishment of the government force has had an effect. The honour of the Czech people - to be a bearer of weapons - which was thus fully = accepted with satisfaction. 6°421 Czech