English Translation

In the course of this war, hundreds of thousands of German people from abroad were brought back to the Reich; further millions would follow in time. This return had been made possible without too great difficulties. In the interests of a definitive European policy, he had expected his own fellow citizens to leave their home country. He would do the same with the 7 million Czechs if necessary. For it is better that for a generation of 20 years now there is heavy suffering by leaving the house and the court, than that by remaining of a richly hostile Czechism in Central Europe a lasting danger remains for the future. If this great world-ring has come, then Mr Beneš and his comrades bear a heavy guilt. He knew that with the Czechs he would always be able to express his opinion that he, the leader, wanted to abolish or restrict the autonomy of the protectorate. With such a gossip these people would completely ignore him. For him today it is all about completely different things than a more or less autonomy. Now the fate of the Czech people is at stake at all. He repeats once again unequivocally: either the Czech people would become under the leadership of their President and his government, or it would now be wiped out of Europe. Hácha, but also his government, so that there can be no doubt about the extraordinary seriousness of the situation and about what must come if the Czech people do not finally accept reason. If the assassins of #-Obergrup- penführer Heydrich, who had initiated a calm and clear development in the Protectorate, were not grasped or their names were not announced as soon as possible, he would have to regard this as a sign that strong resistance nests against the Reich still exist in the Czech people, which compel him to take sharpest measures. lastn/ - 4 -