STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 481, sig. 109-4/227 Page 74 · 74 of 91
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 481, sig. 109-4227
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400u - 24 - from the extent of the production and the üräex scope of the armaments 9M enterprises in the Soviet Union. However, no one had an overall overview with us, since the Soviets only partially informed each individual. Also these news drew Benesh "Moscow against". I confess that to us agrarians have underestimated the soyvet's särke. We saw the failure of the Soviets in the field of agriculture and assumed the same in other areas. Finally, we derived from the Soviet-Finland war the opinion that the Soviet's ability to act as a result of the politicalization of the army of major miltine actions was not possible, in which we were mistaken. The expert opinion of Czech experts on the Bowjets was also often not favourable.The experts pointed out that although the Soviets were protected in the vast numbers of aircraft, tanks and other equipment items, they were not of any value, and that everything lacked precision. The experts referred to the rule of qualified intelligent workers in the Soviets and said that Exxstekxgemanxee was right in the officer and under-offzierkhops. Until Zý what degree the quantity could replace the @uality, one could not judge damls. T When I ask what I know about Benesch's life, in particular about acts of corruption, personal enrichment, bribery, money and foreign exchange deportations, I can't say much. I don't know how the private property of Benesch in Czechoslovakia was created, whether and how much Benesch had private property abroad, and I never knew.ted I only knew that Dr. Benesch owned a villa in Prague-Bubentsch kattexx"Nazadorce" and that for him the Ingeniem architect Pile bought and restored it. I know Dr. Benesch had a villa in Ses" near Tabor, When Dr. Benesch was attacked for his private assets for some time (I think it was in the Štřibrni press) , Dr. Benesch presented in the press, so to speak, an ID card of his assets and claimed that he had no other assets. He said that he had acquired this fortune from his savings I from his ministerial and deputies' time. Dr. Benesch - at the same time received the salary of a minister, a deputy and I believe also the salary ş of a professor, as well as the other ministers or deputisers, the public employees yniire 06743