STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2039, sig. 109-7/46 Page 5 · 5 of 11
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2039, sig. 109-7/46
English Translation
V - 2 - or - even without being inconsistent for the reasons discussed before - to allow the three-colour to exist. It is a question of the political objective and purpose to which position one puts oneself. If one removes the "blue" from the previous, the Slavic colors, the color struggle must be taken up and consequently fought through to the last. This means that the use of the three-colour white-red-blue should be prohibited, i.e. for all the numerous badges, flags and flags of the various individuals (e.g. wearing in the buttonhole) and associations (eg. at the Sokol). with the Sokol) temporary or also permanent decoration of rooms and also private persons, because in recent times it is especially popular for the Czech women, for example, to wear clothes and hats using the three-colour. The same also applies to the badge of the national community. A weakening of this position would at most be possible in such a way that only re-use or restoration could be prohibited, but such half-wayways are not desirable politically, since they create only a constant source of unrest. However, it is impossible, for example, to remove the blue from the protectorate colours without drawing to the end the previously described conclusions of the ruthless struggle, i.e. to continue to use the three-colour which has been settled in the Czech people for years. On the one hand, the use of the three-colour would become a permanent, popular and harmless demonstration against the new state legal conditions for individuals, and on the other hand a permanent symbol of the Slavic idea of unity. But if one leaves the blue in the protectorate colours, one takes the ground of all anti-rich endeavours to this extent, the use of the demonstrative tip. If for higher political considerations, for example also foreign policy reasons,