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28 Sicherheitsdienst MFf SD-Leitsabteilung Prag Vo NO Hummer:126/42. Prag, den 20.10.1942. Tagesbericht (Streng confidential, only for personal service use of the recipient) I. General Tige and mood The celebration for the renaming of the Vltavale in_Prague in Reinhard-Heydrich-Ufer on l8.l0.42 suffered from the extremely unfavourable weather. The participation of both German and Czech parties must also be described as weak, taking into account the rainy weather. As far as Czechs participated, these appeared mostly in closed groups (e.g. civil servants). The low participation of the Czech population may also be partly due to the fact that the press note "The German population is required to participate" was interpreted as an indirect partial ban on the Czechs and was therefore regarded as a purely internal German matter. The political speech of the Secretary of State K.H.Frank, which was given on the occasion of the celebration, received the greatest support in all its parts, according to consistent reports among the German population, and gave rise to lively debates. In many cases it was emphasized that this speech, especially by its personal note and by the clear line of the objective of the political leadership of this Raune, was prominent. The reception which the speech had carried out with the German population, was best cheracterized by statements such as:"K.H.Frank - 2 - 117