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

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- 4- itk In reality, most of the issues that have been set out in this Treaty have already been implemented in practice, and it is possible to say that actions have been translated into words. Army is completely independent, so it will be possible, if necessary, immediately to separate it as an independent unit as soon as the situation in the homeland makes it seem necessary. SENDER LONDON /German/s plague in Manchukuo worries the Uzc authorities ...*. In all oppressed countries sabotage and resistance ...... In Belgium telephone lines destroyed...... In the CsR herrsvht permanent conspiracy against the Germans. ëncdeee Every group of conspirators understands how to incite relationships with like-minded people.The peasants exert an independent criminal force against people who voluntarily help the Germans to obtain food. The whole people in the csR are convinced that the Germans must lose the war and they are generally of the opinion that the German invasion attempt failed. The Czechs eagerly wait for every message from the Auelande and pass it on to each other immediately. National books are strongly propagated and read. Old folk songs resurrect and when the Smetana operas are run up, the applause takes on the character of a demonstration of national independence. In Prague, people sometimes say that as individuals we might perish, but a people cannot be destroyed. Our country exists and will continue to live. 10d8