STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1747, sig. 109-4/1502 (poškozeno) Page 13 · 13 of 57
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1747, sig. 109-4/1502 (damaged)
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X 1V 2 Jeh assured v. Popelka that the question would be examined and that I would then send him a communication. Thus, the remarks made by V. Popellka were exhausted. Jeh then discussed the wish of /- Obergruppenführer Heydrich that the letter from Benesch to Hácha of 30.11.1938 would be published as a photocopy in the Orbis brochure. Jch noted that, to my knowledge, the bridge was intended for a small person's creativity. So, looking back on the political significance of the letter, I had no doubts about it if he (v. Popelka) would support Hácha for the fulfilment of the wish of upper group leader Heydrich. Popelka said, it was clear that with the approval of Hácha iet. v. Popelca made the suggestion of himself to publish the letter in the original nallgröese. Benesch had had an emphatically large signature. In the case of a reduced re-nunciation of the letter, some people doubt the validity of the signature and thus the letter. Unfortunately, he could not provide me with the original letter, since it was published a. But he had a photograph at his hand, which was kept in the original size. Popelka, that with Jnteressc I would take knowledge of his proposal and continue the proposal. With regard to the importance of Postseriptums I shared the letter v. Popelka nit, she was talking about the reference to a telephone conversation that Hácha had sent to Benesch shortly before the withdrawal of the southern territories and in which, on the advice of his then secretary and later minister Havelka Benesch, he had asked to immediately go to the Pührer to avoid a collapse of the Czech-Slovak state, and had witnessed the victory of Do- zent Kliment. He would ask him to write a letter saying that he would have this transcript drawn up by Hácha and then present group leader Frank, Jeh thanked V. Popelka for his remarks and had finished the discussion at 1.50 p.m.