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

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8 p.4. 2./ Behaviour of the Czech police organs and authorities. a) Czech police bodies. The behaviour of Czech police has become worse - from a purely external point of view. The greeting is carried out, if already ordered, sluggishly and reluctantly= willingly. This, and the indifference in the support of the Germans.Police, suggests an unconditional rejection.- In Budweis, the security police proved to be unreliable when guarding political prisoners. It is also assumed that during the illegal crossings of the border to Poland, it is supposed to push more than one eye towards the entry into the Czech Legion.- b) Czech military personnel. Everywhere, the anti-German attitude of the former Czech military members appears openly = visibly. Although they are only allowed to wear uniforms for the exercise of their duties, they are constantly seen - and at every occasion- uniformed around=, even in Pardubitz showing themselves more often in uniform on horses. The people see in them the future liber- ation e) Czech authorities. The cooperation with the Czech authorities is in part still extremely difficult and often fails due to the tenacity of a = lenient official, but in some cases it is gratifyingly good and reveals the willingness to cooperate.- 87810 p 5.