THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43

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nV - 2 - The military expert of the Daily Telegraph writes: It is the intention and the goal of the Axis powers to maintain a special position which monopolises the oil sources of the Middle East. What they have gained by due control of the Romanian oil fields is completely inadequate in relation to their war consumption. Reports from the occupied countries: In Belgium, the Germans exert a strong pressure on all kinds of associations, whether they are political, philanthropic or even sports clubs, because they fear that the resistance of the people find food here time and again. The Brussels radio today deals with the constantly increasing sabotage cases - severe penalties were threatened if the sabotaging acts were continued and the population was asked to take a logal stance against the Germans. - Jn Rotterdam errsvht Not. Last week there were l37.oo people fed here from the public kitchens. The Germans use the Dutch National Socialist Party for their purposes. The result is that the number of members of this party is getting smaller and smaller. Many districts break out fires in farms. It is said that the farmers light their farms out of their rage, because the Germans have taken all their supplies. - Holl. Cheese is no longer available at all. Jn Poland was arrested in September alone 5 ooo people. Jn Norween have risen the riots since the Germans set up a government. JN Oalo held demonstrations. Businesses belonging to Germans or their supporters are boycotted. The student federation was dissolved and many students arrested for participating in demonstrations. It is threatened with the closure of the university. The Germans try to introduce the Jewish laws. Jewish businesses already had to attach the inscriptions which mark them as such. Students remove these inscriptions systematically from these shops. Jn the engl. The press is paying great attention to the return of foreign minister Jan Masaryk from America. The press brings a statement by Minister Masaryks, who gave it to a representative of a press agency. Jn this statement is said that today the majority of the Americas already exist. People must convince that England not only fights for itself, but for all those who believe in what was known from Hitler's appearance as a civilization. Jn America live l l/2 million Czechoslovaks and I was deeply moved by the way they all want to help us. These are mostly kine people, like workers, employees, business drivers. They have unconditionally sided with us and the most fervent desire of thousands of young men is to fight on our side. They are all on our own side, including the young. Many of these Czechoslovaks have already come to America for five generations and still remain Czechs. - B u k a r e st - German. 2oo Romanian and go German lawyers from Transylvania (Temeshwar region) sent a protest telegram to General Antonescu against the Hungarian atrocities that were committed in Transylvenia. * Thousands of Romanian Jews and peasants in the assigned territory, to whom equality was granted, are cruelly suppressed. The failure to comply with the provisions renders the Vienna Award null and void. At the same time, with this protest by the Romanian government, we assure our fullest solidarity in the serious struggle leading to the reconstruction of Romania, We make a warm appeal to the civilized -E-