STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43 Page 175 · 175 of 329
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43
English Translation
The English king sent a message to Petain expressing his sympathy for the sufferings of the French people and insuring Petain his absolute confidence for the final victory of England, in which France will also participate. In the USA the pilot flights are just beginning with the new Douglas-B-l9 aircraft. This will be the Britt. It is a new type of flying fortress. Some machines are to be transferred soon to England. The machine has 65 m wingspan, weighs 86 tons, has 12 ooo km of action radius and holds lo man and l8 tons of cargo. It can fly without interruption from America and back. If it is used as a troop transport aircraft, it captures l85 men with full armament. Lecture of a woman: In an English prisoner camp is the well-known German pilot officer Baron von Werra?, the personified German lie. He can be compared with the liar Baron Praschil known to you .... (interruption by severe disturbance!) .. - Follow the speech of an unmuffled journalist about the spirit of the London population: Jch wants to tell you about the excellent resistance spirit of London. Jch himself was a witness and also to some extent a victim of a German air attack. It was midnight and I was in the concreted shelter in the garden equipped with electric light and radio equipment. 1 l/2 million such shelters have been set up by the British government. Suddenly we heard a strong explosion, but we are already used to it. Our shelter was shaken. One heard the clutter of glass and falling bricks etc. .. The only militant Öbjekte in this area are some retired naval officers and women and children of soldiers. Later, vir saw a terrible devastation. Trees were filled, two houses smashed, others damaged, nowhere was a window entirely etc. ... A girl in work clothes told me that apparently there were still a few people in the house -- this girl may have been a single woman, or the rbehter e nes Lords or an Eerzog, because in this unusual country everyone does their duty. Jhr word "head hopa, r will already bear it!" - I hear every day. The post office building was hit, but the beants continued to work calmly afterwards. The people were very tap, he, no one was crying hysterical, no panic, nienand lost their nerves. Don't believe the German fairy tales about the destruction of merchant ships, ports and cities. Do not believe that people are already insane and want to have another government. We know that this would look forward to the Nazi gangsters, Göting is sure to wait for it. Jch saw how during the air raids people quietly followed their work, how elegant ladies continued their shopping, how the boys auí played football on the street. Also these people were quiet, who had lost their home and their property. They are all placed by the government in institutions where they only have to wait one to two days for the instruction of a new apartment. They are provided with money and clothes. These people are not enthusiastic or -3 -