English Translation

9. The commander of the Prague Police of Order, 26 July 1940, at the Imperial Protector Büco des S aa sfaktärs in Bohemia and Moravia beun Redsp.oehou - Ia - in Bohemia, and Moravia. Eing. 27 July 1940 6061 Tgb. No. L a g e b e r ic h t No. 1 ) Behaviour of the population on2/a a) German population: The development of the mood which began under the impression of the offensive in the West continued. The boundless vision of victory and the undeserved trust in leadership increased the self-consciousness of the German population towards their Czech surroundings. On June 25, 1940, the party was held in Brno and Moravian-Ostrava on the occasion of the end of the war with France. The party was very much visited and received with great enthusiasm. b) Czech population: The hopes of the Czechs for a German low-ranking position and the associated restoration of the Czechoslovakian Republic are diminishing more and more. In the general depression caused by the great German successes one clings again to the newly emerging whisper propaganda. In broad circles one hopes the last ret=ence of Russia. Strong rail transports by the German Wehrmacht towards Poland feed the rumors that want to know about an early military clash between Germany and Russia. The rumor is also persistent that Benesch is in Moscow on behalf of the narrow-lying government and advises on joint military measures against Germany. There is no doubt as to which side one would be on in a possible German-Russian conflict.