STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 481, sig. 109-4/227 Page 56 · 56 of 91
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 481, sig. 109-4227
English Translation
31a --9- as well as on various other visits to the Soviet Union, a larger group of pilots were shown during flight exercises and the descent of parachute groups. Of course, the majority of journalists praised everything "Soviet" in advance. The lenses, however, said that they had seen a lot of really crashing things, but at first glance they also had ximexRetkexxøn guarded every step and step and they didn't let them go anywhere they would have liked to go, e.g. to the villages (which they would like to have looked at themselves). They could not speak freely and openly with the workers in the factories and in the collective farms without the official representatives of the Soviet offices being present. They could gain Union insight. It is interesting to note that journalists, as well as other people in the Soviet Union, agree that the young Bolsheviks are more contented and reliable for the Soviet regime than the older ones. All visitors to the SSSR regard this fact as natural because the young workers and farmers have never known anything better. They do not know how workers and peasants live in other states, even they do not even know what happened to their fathers and grandfathers in their home country. Eenttesie, after all, only the terrible knowledge of their youth after the establishment of Communism in Russia and therefore they see today also the most recent improvement as a great progress. Although the views on the economic conditions and the social position of the population of the SSSR differed, all the participants of the then journalistic journey agreed on a claim that they were doing well during their stay in the Soviet Union and that from the moment of crossing the border to the return of the Soviet government they were supervised in an excellent manner (l. Dis The articles, which were published by Dr. Mareček in the "Venkov" and in other magazines, clearly state witness d d d D d d c witre 06755