STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 594, sig. 109-4/341

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- 4 - 14 Economic effects of the Polish border barrier. The border barrier, which has been ruthlessly run by the Poles since 16.8, causes difficulties for some farms in the territory of Moravia,-Ostrava. Thus, the Wilczek mines, since their workers could not cross the border, have so far shown a reduction of 20 wagons. Some works, e.g. the Eisenwerke Witkowitz, have cashed their border workers in Ostrava and have therefore had no job losses. In general, however, it is complained that the work performance has decreased due to the political tension. Escape of a journalist from Pressburg. Czech journalists claim that the former main author of the Pressburg daily "Grenzbote", Dr. Ferdinand Meissner, had fled from Pressburg to London, that Dr. Meiszner had been in the service of the English "Intelligence service". (7 923/1