STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2180, sig. 109-9/4

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008 Ministry I could see that the text of the Dr. Goebbels-Speech and the speech of the Reich Minister Rudolf Hess were also blocked, but because of the early conclusion of the re-dication on the holy evening to an earlier point than the previous broadcast could be given free. Having asked Dr. Gies, the head of government, I therefore released the texts of the letters of the Reich Protector and the State Secretary for publication just before 2 p.m. at noon. According to consistent statements by the editor-in-chief in the DNB /LBM/ Albrecht and my clerk in charge Söhnl, the management of the "New Day" was informed twice by DNB and my department of the release at noon before 1 p.m. The fact that the previously blocked PNAOI Rudolf Hess-Rede could still be included in the "New Day" Rokrdtgoa and that also all other Czech newspapers, MReseogOSa .deen editorial close with arrival of the Wehrmacht report This was all the more evident since the Redak BHSASTEN teur had already been in possession of the adaoridea ebe text issued by DNB since the press conference on 23 February. A subsequent publication could therefore not be considered, since the text was exclusively on the "today's holy evening" and the publication would have had an adverse effect at a later date.