English Translation

41a - 26 - and various personalities, especially press people abroad (for representation, propaganda and other purposes). I don't know who he gave and especially howbiel gave it. Dr. Benesch financed from this fund various activities of the board of the press office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hájek. The majority of the fund, however, certainly went abroad. In the regular budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gat also annually under various items an amount of lo - Is 20. Mill. Kč included (about the same amount as the disposition fund)"for cultural exchange abroad, support Ider Presse, the art etc. It was therefore very difficult to control what went abroad from the disposition fund and what went out of the ordinary budget post. From the funds of the Budge, for example, the Orbis Society was founded, the Prager Press fimaniziertx and various Vienna Judenblätter 22 e.g. the newspaper "Abend" financed and subsidies paid to dån Wiener "Vernai-Verlag" to the new free press. These Viennese perceptions devoured every year in certain parts of a million Kč. In addition, as far as I know, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid out support, to the Society Club (the whole establishment and maintenance of the club was paid), to various cultural institutions in Czechoslovakia and Auslamd, scholarships and study support to press representatives, etc. As far as is known to me 200, Dr. Benesch (also persönläih)Support and subsidies to some political parties (above for different nations), journals and editors. I know that Czech, German, Hungarian, Soviet and especially Jewish journalists received support. Much of the aid went to Paris, Vienna, London and Geneva. Czech clubs and schools abroad were also supported from the disposition fund. Whether Dr. Benesch kept something of these funds to himself and how he carried out the various fiaanzaktoen, e.g. with wesskn help, - I don't know and have never learned anything about it.s We have Dr. Benesch accused him of throwing out many millions for the foreign press and especially for the Aan Jewish press (the same accusation was made to him -UM also the relatives/other parties e.g. the national democracy and instigating Dr. Kramař). We also threw him in the press 06745