English Translation

49a - 2 - and further attacks on small country railway stations. The minister showed himself visibly seized by the sudden death of the champagne donator Dr. C u c. He died of a stroke of the brain, but the reason B. cannot imagine, since Cuc made the impression of a completely healthy person. The question of a new chairman of the headquarters of the public servants, who was very hard at the time, was therefore open. To find Dr. Cuc for this would have been the greatest luck. As far as Cue is concerned, it was heard in official circles that he had suffered from obvious symptoms of depression since the award of the arms shield. The Minister also commented on the arrest of eight members of his ministry, mostly officials from the Department of the Non-Uniformed Protectorate Police. B. has the impression that they were arrested for suspecting that they had worked in the illegal fire brigade organisation. B. considers that this suspicion was small and believes that perhaps the innocence of the arrested will still turn out. I have the feeling that it is not right for the minister to have just arrested officials of his department. It seems to him to be annoyed that among the arrested there are some particularly qualified officials. As far as domestic political conditions are concerned, the Minister noted with satisfaction that they were in the sign of a pleasing consolidation and that their further development did not even exert the underground activity of the partisans influence. It is reported to him that the Czechs distance themselves from the partisans, report or even ask for help if they are terrorized by them. The minister stressed that it would be necessary to thank the Lord God for the healthy instinct of the Czech people and, at the same time, for the leadership in our area not demanding as harsh war conditions as elsewhere." thabi AV 00735