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

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8ay W Ve -3-. The Italians behave absolutely passively. Hitler's plan collapses everywhere, And those who managed to seduce him will have to follow him, If one day he has to call back his armies. It becomes increasingly clear that only England can and will build up the new order with prosperity and calm. All Nacbhrichten from the CSR show that our economy is slowly sinking. Part of the blame is certainly the blockade, but the cšk could feed itself quite well if it did not have to carry everything away into the realm. The exploitation by the Germans is the real reason of the growing lack. The raw sugar will be exported to Germany, and no supplies may be made. As a result, our people will not even have so much sugar left in their homeland as they will be spent on the cards, Groseer Mgngel is also to be expected to rot due to the floods of the Elbe, the sugar beet that still stands on the fields. Hitler has promised Mussolini to provide him with meat. So now our pigs will also go to Italy and the consequence of this will be another bad supply for our people. The order was also issued that until Bo. November the grain society all beet must be taken away and nothing must be fed. These turnips serve as popular food and replace other foods. SENDER MOSKAU /techechisch/: The Russian press today delivered the speech of the Japanese Prime Minister in the Vortlaut of November. The Prague press praised th zaklreichen articles of the death-daughter Tolstois. Laval was informed today by .....? that the evacuation of French from Lorraine from 2l. The French ambassador in the USA had a meeting with Welles. Shortly before Roosevelt had a discussion with Bullit. Reuter: From Washington comes the message that Lord Lothian, the British ambassador, will probably ask the US government to leave another 5o destroyer to England. Reuter: Butler explained in the House of Commons that there will be discussions in London on technical issues regarding the assigned bases at C USA. Ashington: Merine Minister Nox explained that seeiffs and plug-ins of the American war fleet are already using some bases, airplanes are already operating from the Bermudas, while ships are using Newfoundland as their base. It is said that American warships are patrolling the waters around Martinique. The war ninisterium is likely to submit to Congress the demand for another $5 billion for equipment to an army of three million men. 4