STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 481, sig. 109-4227

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- 15 - 36 not easy to attack Švehla. And yet suddenly began in the daily and provincial press of the Social Democrats and the popular socialists almost programmatically attack wal against Švehla. The "big gun" got the communist press. There was an attack against him every day. - Since he could not be accused personally, the fact was "sniffed out" that a relative of him had miscarried and fled a certain amount of money. The damage was replaced by the family of the person concerned. However, Soehles sufficed the relationship with the defraidant, in order to attract Švehla. The Komministische Presse does not call e Švehrla any other than "The brother-in-law of a thief" or "The relative of Defrautantèn A. Švehla". The communist press ushered him. She always used the term "D Hostivara brother-in-law of the thief or the like. * What was suffering from Švehla at that time, knows only his immediate surroundings. The fact that the material was delivered to Švehla ikkfie kommunischel newspaper "Rudw Pravo" by the board of the press sectio n of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hajekke was all too surprising (and the "Venkov" pointed out exactly) was all at once. Švehlasüatb left after a long time of heart disease, the man who had been called Masaryk's successor by the whole people. - Over the years there have been various coalitions of governments and parliaments. Only the Foreign Minister always remained in his place at the request of President Masaryk. He remained in parliamentary governments as well as in civil cabinets or governments of professionals. . Posit. Corruptions The Communists fought and undermined the x rrøductions of all Chechshlovak governments. Be directed attacks against the leaders of the government, against individual ministers and mown "affairs" of ministers, members of the order and officials of the/government parties. On the other hand, it is interesting to note that during the whole existence of Czechoslovakia the Communists never attacked the Foreign Minister. Minister Dr. Benesch received delegations from time to time of the pre-