NĚMECKÉ STÁTNÍ MINISTERSTVO PRO ČECHY A MORAVU, PRAHA (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 711, sig. 110-4/562 Page 98 · 98 of 102
GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 711, sig. 110-4562
English Translation
It is not possible for any of the governments to cause the Czechs to behave differently than they do at the moment.The government had unanimously taken this position.As regards the decline in work performance in the enterprises, some ministers, among others. He, too, noted that it was constantly to be heard in the population that the workers had nothing to do in the factories, and that superfluous workers were used everywhere. The fact that the workers are not fully engaged is considered to be the fault of the German engineers who had not completed the corresponding plans in time or as a result of the fact that no raw material or components were available. The claim that nothing is to be done must certainly be true, because almost unanimously in all working class circles this opinion is expressed. He (Beenert) is annoyed by the case of sabotage in Böhm. Trübau very much, because this means that the activity of parachute agents is getting closer and closer to Prague. Others would not be eligible for such sabotage at all.-Beenert explained to the events in Slovakia that it was right that a large part of the Czech population would have enjoyed the development of conditions in Slovakia. But it is already evident that not all Czechs want to go the way of a revolt, because they believe that the victory would "fall into their laps" if they only endured. After all, there are also a small number of people who condemn the uprising in Slovakia and did not wish that similar conditions would occur in Bohemia. In Moravia, however, the conditions are somewhat more difficult. Due to this situation, he will issue a circular to his section chiefs in the next few days, in which they will be asked to increase the work performance and to prevent all sabotage attempts within the scope of their scope of action. In the course of the discussion, Minister Bienert stated that the Minister of State also spoke about a number of German