STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391 Page 47 · 47 of 122
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391
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banathah Department Iv - Kulturpålitik Strictly confidential! Broadcasting and Hell Service Only for personal inspection. No....... use of the service! In its own account reports of 27 July 194l. to be read! ( 353 RSTGB). E o n d o n - (German). =- The broadcast matches with the morse sign of the letter "y". All the messages are completely identical with the messages contained in the Czech broadcast. Soldier speaks to soldier. How was the "Bismarck" lost? You hear the report, which was taken from the statements of a German, who was saved in the fall of the "bismark" and is now in England. The following report points out in particular that the tragedy of the sinking of the "Bismarck" is primarily due to an ill-considered leadership, the inability of the German Air Force and differences of opinion among the various commanders of the navy. L o n d o n - (Czech). Eduard Benesch. At first there were signals and victory fanfares to be heard. "Citizens of the Czechoslovak Republic! On Friday, the 28th of July, Tsehech Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk announced to you two events of tremendous international importance, of the greatest importance for our campaign for the independence of our country. These two actions, of such fundamental importance, were, on the one hand, the recognition by the Government of England of the Czechoslovak Republic, its President and its Government, and on the other, the conclusion of a treaty between the Republic of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union. At the same time, the Pakr includes a large-scale aid in this general war against Adolf Hitler's Germany. I want to call these two actions back to memory today. I can only assure you that I am satisfied with the results of our work. Victory is certain to us. On my behalf and in which my collaborators promise that nothing will stand in the way of the conduct of our struggle. The anerkent of our Republic from Ehgland on 28 June has a tremendous significance for us in political, diplomatic and also international terms. It is already the decision that we must win in this war. It is now true that Czechoslovakia now has the same legal and diplomatic position as the Ataats of all other allies, as well as Norway, Holland and Belgian Dá's Munich agreements of the year l939 could not spoil the position of Czechoslovakia nor could it in the eyes of the world in the least desired. All the stages of our working life, which we have been through since Munich, are characterized by the