STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 429, sig. 109-4/174 Page 11 · 11 of 45
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 429, sig. 109-4/174
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10 - 2 - illegal cooperation within an organization. I also told him that I refused to do so. H a c h a told me then, literally: "You have done that right." 5.) "It is possible that it came to me in June l939 or earlier se da ded e e de S e h m o r a n z and told me that he has created an organization of former officers and news officers, which he wanted to integrate into the organization of the press officers or had already built in. He explained that it was necessary to collect news about the mood of the population in the Protectorate, and to inform the government. He also mentioned that this would involve obtaining political and military news - the latter in particular through troop movements in the protectorate. I remember that I actually gave the S c h m o - r a n z my consent to the creation of S2SUT of this organization." 6.) "I admit that I indirectly participated in this illegal activity, that I had knowledge of the existence of an illegal organization, which acted in accordance against imperial interests, and that I did not take the measures to which I was legally obliged." 7.) "Despite my maternal relatives are Germans and also live in the Reichsgebiet, I am still national-conscious Czechs. Ioh admits that eB