THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 688, sig. 109-4/437

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23 President! utosauen B -erpeT dov emdeni olb dsb sbtmw nedodegtovrel trsk zie nente grvreffe The impression of the speech of the Secretary of State 8sb .eaiewevom l8.l0.942 on the occasion of the inauguration of the R.Heydrich-Ufers -vell ss zrutlauf to the protectorate officials, as far as I could bring in notice, I would like to characterize as follows: esb dota netstsdoe As far as the protectorates officer regards himself as part of the Czech intelligence. He felt strongly struck by the words addressed to the Czech intelligence, even though in the further part of the speech the active circles of the Czech intelligentsia were pointed out. Only by the comments of the czech press this first impression was partly tempered. The mood in the civil service was very depressed: the arrest of officials, without the reason being known to the staff, the uncertain fate of those who should not pass the language examination for the second time, the recruitment and promotion ban, the new systemisation, financial concerns, etc., are mentioned. The greatest of the officials is said to be trying hard to cooperate honestly and actively and hopes that the cleaning of their ranks of harmful elements will soon be completed. They underline the words of the Secretary of State that it is pointless and pointless to put people in constant danger of their lives and, in particular, to damage the reputation of civil servants in individual cases, so that one must also distrust the decent Czech officials from the German side, which, of course, offends these officials. Here the words of the Secretary of State, that such wages and thanks of the Empire become part, are noted gratefully. Small evidence here would help a great deal and raise the mood of the civil servants. The active Czech official is afraid to hope that the school graduate will ever receive a job in the protectorate service. The official and the young people had therefore also asked themselves the question, "what will happen to us?".