STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1583, sig. 109-4/1337 Page 16 · 16 of 111
THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1583, sig. 109-4/1337
English Translation
SV - 15 - to express all our responsibilities, so we do so personally to you. We know well under what circumstances you have declared yourself willing to take over the leadership of our state and we feel that - if you can strengthen something in this work, this is besides the belief in the divine advance = the confidence of the whole nation. We have therefore considered it essential to visit you today and to assure you of the following facts: we have confidence in you. We hope that the unity of the nation in all its components, without distinction and without distinction, will enable you to manage the state well and fairly, as far as possible by human means today. We are ready to serve the state, no matter what power and power, whenever this should prove necessary. This glory is already imposed on us by the share of our ancestors in the thousand-year fortunes of this state. We hope that better days are attenuated to our father=land, but whatever happens, we will keep the faithfulness to which we are connected to the fatherland of our ancestors. While the Eapfang was short and formal with Dr. Benes, the conversation with Dr Hacha was similar and lasted a long time. The members of the delegation were also photographed with the President Dr. Hacha. After the establishment of the Protectorate, dea Adel's members, now affected by the coercive administration, joined the National Association/Národni sourucanstvi, founded by President Hacha in agreement with the Pührer; several members of the nobility were even appointed to the Committee or worked in