STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2026, sig. 109-7/33 Page 49 · 49 of 174
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2026, sig. 109-7/33
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- 10 - 42 "Die Verkaufte Braut", "Dalibor", "Libussa" and other opera works are already proven reportoir pieces of great German stages. So why could and did the Czech people not find the right way to sincere cooperation with the Germans and take the lead? England and France rushed and rushed us into a cultural and political enmity towards our neighbours; in the end, however, they left us in the lurch and openly stated that their real interests were completely different. It is therefore highly correct to make cultural contact with the German people as our closest neighbour, which unfortunately we were not able to decide soon enough. Our task will therefore be to inform the public in a corresponding way, to show it the facts as they are in reality and to bring about an improvement in the above-mentioned directions as quickly as possible. ad.3. We come to the treatment of the third point; it is necessary to carry out a reorientation with the Czech people. Away with the eternal dissatisfaction, because it is unfounded. When we were in Austria, we longed for freedom and our own administration. When in the Republic, we did not understand how to get a real freedom, because the so-called frenzy was only after Nanen; in reality, only the political parties ruled. Hand to heart: how many times we heard this republic say: we imagined it to be quite different, it is not freedom, but corruption, protection, and intrigue. The blow sobl hit the republic! Under it, among other things, rightly hit them.