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

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3.x40245 4 - support. The newspaper nominates that this explanation indicates that the ambassador will deal with this question there after his Ankunit in Vichy. Reuter: Taught political circles in London declare that they are not aware of what the american message would confirm that soon a British financial delegation will go to the U.S.A. United Press: The press in Buenos Aires is asking for the publication of a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the negotiations with the United States on the establishment of bases in Argentina. Ass. Press: Roosevelt has left for the South. It is assumed that he will refuse an inspection of the bases assigned by England. Washington: Roosevelt signed a bill which provides for a sentence of lö years in prison for the deliberate destruction or destruction of the defense means. United Press from Bangkok: The Sian High Command announces that planes were shot down via Östsiam 2. Yesterday, Siamese troops carried out a raid on Indochine territory. United Press reports from Hanoi that the Siamese troops of an unfortified city on the Me-Kong river have seized kxknx. New York Herald Tribune: The incidents on the border between French Indochina and Siam are generally considered to be completely insignificant by representatives of the French government. SENDER LONDON /Czech/: Yesterday a financial agreement was signed between Great Britain and Spain. It contains no political clauses. Dissatisfaction in Danelark's thousands of workers are given away into the empire, strong price increase, lack of feed. b In Hungary lack of grain, no coffee and tea. These Rrnxke prices have risen by 30%. In Romania, despite the efforts made, the prices have risen by 70; around 1939. Speak with the homeland: /Note: The broadcast was extremely easy to hear due to severe disturbances. With you now many cities with emigrants and their families from Germany are crowded everywhere. Also the whole city of Pressburg is supposed to be overflowed by German refugees. A further step towards Germanisation is the order that the money institutions may no longer publish in Czech from the moment of the entry. The old books are drawn in or replaced by German or two-pronged books. -5-