STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1647, sig. 109-4/1402 (damaged)

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- 3 - At best only the possibility of not opposing the demand of all forces of the soon-to-be-starting Soviet-already-large offensive, to the hopeless military situation of the empire on all fronts still comes the ever-increasing lack of raw materials, without which a further warfare is impossible, also the fighting morale of the German troops is so gossiped that the empire can no longer dare to take an offensive. Deutschlaad therefore saw himself forced to keep himself at least in the defonsive, to begin the construction of an east wall, in what a swollen situation the empire already finds itself today, sui best, so Tachechen immor again emphasized, to acknowledge that the douchs did not believe in a victory and "always let the heads hang", one could assume under circumstances, that Germany, in order to raise the Stimmenung of the population of some-weather, would take part in a united front section during the course of the summer leiloffensive. Rumours are spreading in the context of the fact that such an attack against Leningrad or Moscow would be heard. Even if the Deutschon had succeeded in doing so, this would not be in their favour in the overall situation, Danebon would be actively discussing the last English-American air attacks on West and North German territory. The attacks carried out by a huge number of airplanes would have caused devastating effects. Rumours are spread that the Russians would also have attacked East Prussia with hal- tigom success. The pactism pursued by the English since Bugim of the war, the forces to splinter the empire on ever new war scenes, shows already the success, that Germany already so go weaker today, that it can no longer lead a multifront war, The lack of militaric successes also the German - 4-