GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 717, sig. 110-5/6

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- 3 - 50 equipment of the troops, whose well-fed and good looks seem convincing. One makes comparisons with the Honved, which are in favour of the Wehrmacht. In legal circles one is generally convinced that Germany still has to have considerable reserves. One asks how large these reserves can still be today. An officer claims that the Swedish military attachée had recently quantified in a company the reserves of Germany, which had been established and trained, with l50 divisions. He added that the German associations currently in use had been combined and was generally convinced that the given number was not too deep. It is assumed that in Italy about 25 divisions are bound and is astonished that there are only very few forces in the Balkans. A withdrawal of the eastern front at the Carpathian ridge and up to the Danube delta is expected. Hungary's position with the neighbouring states. The relationship with Romania is still extremely tense. About a few days before the invasion, there were rallies and demonstrations in the border area, two days after the occupation of the country, rumors were spread that the Romanian army had been demobilized as a result of the crossing of Romanian associations, and that Hungarian and German associations were marching into Romania together. by the head of the Foreign Trade Office, that Kronstadt and Kopschamicka had been appointed. The situation was discussed on the basis of maps. Benesch's statement, which he made to the Daily Express about his meeting with Stalin, was taken over by the British intelligence service from London and brought to the press in general. The finding that Romanian chroniclers are considered to be Transylvanian has caused a great deal of concern. In economic circles, this declaration has had such an impact that it tends to throttle investment in this area that news was immediately spread at the time of the occupation of the country, according to which Romania had also been occupied, while the rumor that Antoneseu had resigned was also circulating.