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1h.M. 18h0. Wh -2 - Negotiating in greatest secrecy, because he fears to indignant the public. Iaval is now guarded as well as Hitler and Mussolini. Jtalien will not win an easy victory at the expense of France. There is no doubt that Roosevelt's re-election has greatly reduced the prestige of the Axis powers in the whole world. Therefore something had to happen. It is not clear what Russia was offered, but it is clear that all diplomatic persuasion art was offered to persuade Molotov to travel to Berlin. This trip had to be presented as a great victory of foreign politics. The visit showed how necessary Hötler needed something that was able to freshen up his waving laurel. No one in England doubts that the British people and their allies are still expecting serious struggles with Germany. But even Churchill, who never tended to see things too optimistic, expressed his conviction in the Yargangenknit last week that the development of events will now finally take a different direction. This view will also gain more and more ground in the small neutral countries, which are still outside the war. Although the press of these countries does not yet show this change of opinion, since the governments of those countries are afraid of an act of revenge by Germany. However, the peoples feel the swarm clearly. Talks with at home: (speaker unnamed)! We already expressed our understanding a few days ago that Goebbels was very serious in the performance of the "Sold Bride" in the National Theatre. No wonder that ery has worries after the fruitless attempts to bring about a reconciliation between Germans and Czechs. Some time ago in Berlin, he wanted to persuade the Czech cultural workers to work so that the Czech people can see that it lived in a great yrrtum for two years and that under Hitler's rule he will be granted a lasting, happy Schicksa. How great his delusion had to be when the Czechs greeted him in the National Theatre with icy silence. Not even the presence of Hácha could help here. On the other hand, the applause with which the listeners thanked the performers after each act was of ear-breaking cordiality. We also know that the Czech authorities had the duty to take on a certain number of tickets to the performance and, because they were afraid that the theatre would still not be full, the officials were also obliged to come. The National Socialist Party also bought 5o tickets to fill the theatre in any case. It is also known to us that the Czech film actor Lida Bárová, who was busy in Germany for a time and had acquired the sympathies of the National Socialist circles there, was now hired to the National Rheater at Hácha's request.Since this was the case right after Goebbel's visit to Prague, we are certainly not mistaken if we claim that this was Goeb Bel's only and last cooperation in the planned cultural cooperation between Germans and Czechs. - After the customs union between Germany and the Protectorate which has already been carried out, there is now to be an even closer economic cooperation, and the German tax system is to be introduced with us. We do not need to stress the favour of which. In the year 1994l a currency unit is to be carried out, which means nothing other than the introduction of the mark in the Bohemian countries and the complete disappearance of the crown. Cooperation between Germans and Czechs is also evident in the fact that the Czechs do not have permits to establish new trades, businesses - 3 -