English Translation

18 Prague, 26 January 194o. SS 02678 27 1. 40 Ou Q FS. Secret! With G-Fernschreiber ! To Reichsführer-SS and head of the German police, Ber l_i n_i_ Reichsfahrer ! As you have already been reported, the Czech Minister of Agriculture has now also fled abroad after work. Both the flight from the evening of work and the flight of Minister Nečas, after he had heard from the Reich Protector the suspicion, which existed against the evening and Neča. A monitoring of the evening was not possible with the negative opinion of the Reichsprotector. The Reich Protector is now very impressed by the development of the matter. It seems as if his open action towards Eliáš rebukes him. The impression on the Czech population is lasting. The foreign stations have already taken up the matter. Although Eliáš has kept his position for the time being, he is faced with the difficulty of presenting a successor to the Imperial Protector for work. In this context, according to the wishes of the Reich's protector, Šádek will be liquidated, which will be able to identify certain shortcomings in the receipt of remuneration. At present, the Reichsprotektor has withdrawn for the sake of illness, but in the course of the morning on the question of the government, 2