STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 429, sig. 109-4/174

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- 2 - 1920 I became commander of the regiment. From 1920 to 192l I was chief of the staff of the 1st division in Prague. From 192l to 1923) I visited the war sculle in Paris. Then I was head of the l. abbot of the general staff and until 1929 second deputy of the chief of staff in Prague . After that I was until 193l commander of 2. Inf. Brigade in Komo= tau and until l933 Commander of the 3rd Division in Leitmeritz. Until 1938 I was commander of the 5th Army Corps in Trenshin and was appointed Division General in 1936. In October 1938 I became Deputy Minister of National Defense S i r o v V/ who was then also Prime Minister. On 1.l2.l938 the government was transferred by Prime Minister B e r a n and I became Minister of Transport. I held this post until 28.4.l939. Since that time I have been President of the Ministry and Chairman of the Protectorate Government of Bohemia-Mäh- d o o oo o which I refer as a former Divisional General about 6,000,-- crowns monthly. Apart from that, I have an annual fund of 7 million kroner for representation purposes. This fund is managed by me, but by the section chief V o - r e l. I have to make receipts about all the amounts I collect from this fund. I own the house ground - a dar B same has a total value of about 1 million konor. I own about 160,000 crowns of cash assets of the Landesbank für Böhmen und Mähren, which, however, also belong to half of my wife. I do not own a current account with the Landes Bank for -oo doo s d m dom teres cash assets. I was not a news officer. As far as the matter is concerned, the reason for my provisional arrest is not known to me, and I cannot imagine why it took place. I have been told that I was burdened by a number of people, e.g. kapp ka -le ni g-Tte- b i c k y - H a v e l uew., to have participated illegally over the course of time. I would like to point out that this is not the truth, and if I have been accused by these people in any way, I claim that this has been solved.