STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 643, sig. 109-4/391

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h8 -g- a satisfaction of the continent. People should live without war and without exploitation. We are now in a world struggle and know that this is only the beginning of a storm that will sweep over the world. In terrible suffering a new world is born.... /Follows a series of unimportant phrases/... Mr President, we assure you of our sincere cooperation so that we can one day march through Prague, Brno and Reichenberg, Pressburg and Užhorod with a clear conscience and high head! 11 Radio address of the Foreign Minister Jan M a sa r y k: "I spoke sobene with an l9-year-old French soldier who yesterday flew away from France and landed in England. Interestingly, the plane is a small aircraft type of the company Bata, produced at a time when Bata was still a Czech company. I had great preude on the boy, he pretended that there was nothing at all, like Lindbergh, before he was spoiled by us. I told myself that this frivolous child and the Czech plane, when they have already come to England, will certainly continue their service in England as well. The speech by President Benesch on the Council of State is and remains the most important explanation of our national resistance. The speech was objective, human and emotional. Our first citizen showed the history and events of our previous Calvary path, his program is understandable to every Czech and to every decent European and acceptable to everyone. He spoke of us and of you at home with the words, "This people cannot perish." It is so. You do not know how proud I am that I am yours and that you are ours. I am convinced that this rally and even more will be united than before. She will also make the few of you who don't stop shivering back and forth to read it every time they fluctuate. C re! Chairman Bechyně also gave a nice speech and ended it with the words "We will remain faithful". Yes, we will remain true. Sunday we once again had a terrible night. Much damage was caused to private property, to visionaries and hospitals, no military object was taken, the usual program of the German heroes. The world tribunal will judge these monsters .... /short disturbance/.. From Egypt come numerous news of great successes of the English. It seems that the attack on the troops of Graziani was well prepared and that the Italians are in a very difficult situation. Mussolini reaps much earlier than he expected. This harvest will be very fruitful. He sowed a theatrical self-confidence, loud pseudo-caesarism, but now before the harvest he runs away.Interesting will now be to know when Hitler will come to the help of the Duce, or whether he -7 -