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

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9/7 Division IV Strictly confidential! Rungpund ddndy Only for personal and radio and light service use! To be destroyed on its own responsibility! -nd /& 353c RSTGB/. B e r i c h t e of November 5th l940. SENDER LONDON /Czech/: The French government has protested for the #efe masseaueweisungen of French from Lorraine. In a meeting yesterday of the French government. This protest was made by the Council of Ministers, while at the same time being declared in a communiqué, the expulsions were not in line with the agreement reached between the German 'egation' and Laval.The expatriate French have the choice either to go to Poland or to the unoccupied parts of France. The leader of the Romanian Eieernen Gar e Zima, has withdrawn several leaders from the party, as they protested against the foreign policy of the government. The German Rtrkkk source states that the German Nilitarian mission in Rüm nien had the purpose of training a Romanian army of 75o.ooo men, was denied by a decree of the state leader Antonoscu, in which he ordered the demobilization of the army, flotve and air force. He issued this order before his departure to Rome. Minigterpgisident Magr. Jan Šramek: These days he remember with you that a year has passed since the unmensehlighc Metzlei, who was the victim of so many young students and students. The murderers admitted themselves that they had nine students executed without protest and judgment, you know that in reality this number was exceeded more than ten times. Ieh stepped in front of the microphone today to assure you on behalf of the government that we will remember these days in him, and they will never forget. We know how you are, who are not even free to play your grief and joy, and you must believe us that we see the danger we are now going through here as a small price, who we buy the happiness of being free to speak, act and complain about again. All of you are in the midst of us in spirit, our freedom is also your freedom and this consciousness strengthens us as if we were here in great mass. Peace of the ashes of our martyrs. In the previous year, Cardinal Verdier, who has since gone to God, read a Mass for these martyrs in Paris. Our first steps in the Heinat will lead us to their graves. Nor were Rdeseex the bodies of these students cold when the gates of our great teaching centers, when the universities were closed. You know that, even if they were reopened, they would no longer be our schools, but that our tormentors of their cathedrons, with the help of our mother tongue, would only spread their inhumane teachings. We will re-establish our schools as soon as we have driven the enemies out of our country. Don't be afraid for the science and education of our people! These have their eurcles in the hearts and souls of our Vol es, in our glorious -2-