English Translation

86a - 4 - after the arrival of the German military, Dr. Brumer, the first mayor of Iglau, was invited to the town hall, where I was told that I was chosen and destined for the only speaker of the Czech people in Iglau. In this kind of new function, I then had the commander of the IV. Panzerdivision, General Reinhart, the Minister of the Reich Dr. Seys-Inquart, the General of the Infantry Blaskowitz, etc. I also participated in the festive lunch, which was held in honour of the military and those dignitaries. From all this it can be seen that at that time I could not be hostile to the German element and that I could be all the less so today. In the Czech Association for Cooperation with the Germans, I took the view that not only the members of this association, but in the sense of the guidelines given to us by the President of the Republic, the whole people must stand on the ground of real politics and the immutability of the present state of affairs. I do not have the honour to communicate this because I have been a Chairman of the Czech Association for the Gatherings- 24551