STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43 Page 196 · 196 of 329
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2740, sig. 109-14/43
English Translation
- 4 - At a work meeting today Jan Masaryk said: "We must work closely with the Poles. We must not think about the past, we must only think of the future. The Poles and we Czechs are now on the same battlefield and have to fight against the common enemy, the devil. The Tsehechische Rundfunk in Prague, which the Germans love, brought a message in which the bonbardation of the Skodawerke in Pilsen is denied. This ridiculous Dementi is a peweis for the nonsense of the official dictated news, which nobody believes. The American minister M rgenthau explained that England had ordered a large anzajl of transport ships in U.S.A., which were produced on American shipyards. The friend of the Spanish foreign minister del Peso resides in London, admiring the cold-bloodedness of the English and declared: *We are not prepared for war and want to stay away from war. We will maintain strict neutrality and will never allow foreign troops to march through our territory. NeCig