English Translation

- 7 - 34 have to cut off the German tank group to the east of it. The advance into the Kaschau area would also decide the fate of East Slovakia. In addition to the fights on the Tiss, the fact that the Rüssen at Baja reached the Danube and are striving to win the other side of the river in Budapest was disturbing. The lack of fuel is said to have already led to German tanks having to be blown up. It should be noted that in Budapest thousands of cars still run with petrol and that the hoarded petrol stocks are quite important. A task of Hungary up to the Danube and Budapest would without doubt paralyze the political possibilities of Szalasi to a large extent. However, Szalasi and his government are convinced that endurance on the German side must take place under all circumstances. Ludendorff's prophecy that the decision of the next World War will be taken at Lake Balaton is discussed, as the strategically correct line of defense is seen in the Matra Mountains - Budapest - Weres Mountains and Bakonywald. The Schanz- arbeiten on the Reichs border in Niederdonau are described in German military circles as nonsensical, since it is explained that the empire in the southeast must be defended on the line mentioned earlier. The Budapest bourgeoisie tends today to remain in Budapest even in case of a Russian occupation. Since one does not believe in German victory in these circles, it is said that in the event of a German collapse and an occupation of Austria the Hungarians as well as all other foreign refugees would be handed over to the Russians and that these political refugees would then be liquidated by the commissioners of Stalin. The dominant questions today are: 1./ the question of the new German weapons, as one does not believe in a change in the strategic situation without them.