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

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36a -26-16 staggered omnds and the club of communist MPs to inform them about the foreign political situation. He thus justified this approach by pointing out that in democracy the opposition also had to be informed about the external political situation as well. When he was made aware by a number of ministerial colloquiums of the way in which the Communist orders attack the government in Parliament at meetings and, above all, in its press, and that this is sometimes the same as personal insults (government members were often required to prosecute the communist press and communist speakers), Dr. Benesh said it was deplorable, but he had no influence on stopping it. Oddly enough, those ministers were attacked by the communist press, who often held an opposing view of Remesek's foreign policy. Despite all these arrangements, the composition of the parties in the palace indicated that in the event of a new presidential election, the candidacy of the old ünev = M minister Dr. Benesch had no prospect. The Czech agricultural party became the strongest party in Czechoslovakia. 14 VIL That was very unfortunate for Dr. Benesch. Suddenly Edi began the campaign against the leading strongest party in the state. The socialist and so-called "castle press" (Lidové Noviny, "šitrnost" etc.) wrote about the agricultural danger. Prcow The Industrèt was sent to fight against the agrarians. The sugar cartel donated by means of the mediation of its general secretary, the deputy of the popular socialist party Dr. Heidler, a few million crowns for the destruction of the agricultural party. Officials and editors of the agrarian party were bought, the press was also bought against the agro-party. The most widely distributed newspaper later became the "Večerní české slovo" in Czechoslovakia. about 1/2 million copies per day) issued by Melantrich/aly (Dr. Benesch has a strong share of 06750