English Translation

2 414 - 2 - 56a AA 00728 Dr. Krejči works with all means to become president. The content of his entire activity are these efforts. e à 0 In the course of the conversation, Bienert asked whether the guarantor could name l5-2o persons who could take on important positions in public life through their importance and reputation. Bienert was told that, according to strict standards, such a large number of people could not be found. Binert agreed with this and explained that it was precisely in this that the difficulties of Czech politics were present today, because there were no suitable ones. There were people behind whom the nation actually stood. Coming to the matter of grace of the son-in-law of the former section chief Dr. Fischer, who had turned to the Minister of State Frank with a request for mercy, Bienert said that the matter had been well received and that Fischer's request had been met. He had explained to him (Beenert) that he now wanted to make himself available to the Reich and was ready to take over any radio in order to be useful to the Empire. Further, the conversation came on the underground work of illegal elements. Bienert explained that he had been asked by the former chancellor Dr. Šámal to cooperate with the Maffia in the year l939. He (Beenert) had given Šámal a negative decision for the following reasons: To make a maffia among the changed political and security police relations, which could by no means be compared with the years l9l4 - 19l8, as well as with the same people and methods, was a direct stupidity and meant suicide. A large number of books were written about the activity of the Czech Maffia, in which the individual authors boasted of everything that happened. It was enough that the Germans got these books and then, according to the names contained therein, controlled the persons concerned and the new Maffian could be arrested immediately. Mr Šámal had said that the Republic had never behaved well towards him, that he had to do everything he had achieved himself, and that: