English Translation

- 3 - German-friendly Czechs in Pilsen indicate that the railway workers in this area were placed by the former railway authorities for service purposes for a period of 5 years. At the end of this period, even though the first skirts had not yet been worn, they had been recast in each case, so that the older railroadman (pensioniston) had some fur skirts at home. It is noteworthy that on 2o.l2.41 in the area of the railway direction Pilsen had begun to sell also to the Ansteliten polzskicken at the price of 8oo K each. Even line workers, who had never received such coats for reasons of savings, were now involved. On 9.l42, most of the Czech railway workers in Zditz received fur coats from the Railway Directorate Pilsen, which, according to the Czech Railway Court Committee, has never been the case in Z. It is therefore venmutet that these coats were sold prematurely in order to deprive them of a feared seizure by the German Wehrnacht. 2.) Other political_messages: In Czech political circles of Prague, it is counted that there have been major disagreements between the Office of the Reich Protector and the Chancellery of the President because of the regrouping of the ministerial areas in the Protectorate government. The whisper propaganda claims that the reform amounts to a complete Germanization. + From Moravian Budwitz (OLB Iglau) is reported as Deweis for the extent to which Czechs are still listening to the London searches, that since the working time extension of the Stcuerbahörde there until 18.3 o'clock, whose beante appeared nervous every day as early as 18.1 o' clock, because they want to listen to the foreign reports starting shortly after 18.3o clock in their homes. At this time, the streets were almost deserted in Moravia. On 16 January, several Germans in Kladno and Prague received anonymous letters with a typewriter, in which the policy of the leader and the Reichsprotector was criticized with the tendency that the "reasonable people" should distance themselves from it at the last hour. The government commissioners of Lithuania and Prossnitz (OLB Olnütz) received a similar anonymous letter from Prague on 8th of January each: "If the Czech wool collection falls out well, the coups will continue to trust each other and introduce compulsory military service for Czechs. To this end, a new government, composed of 3 Czechs and 3 Germans, is being prepared." Signature: "Vlasti zdar!" - 4 - C