THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1785, sig. 109-5/13

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The Czech "small menn*, on the other hand, welcomed the Ümbau to a large extent, as he hoped for the cessation of the clique economy in the autonomous offices and the arrival of the obvious thoroughness and speed of work. In the adaptation of the autonomous administration to the Reichsverwaltung, it was seen that the Czech administrative officials were being dismantled in their opinion, and that a smoother functioning of the administration of Bohemia and Moravia was expected to be achieved by the incorporation of leading German officials. Even the wish was expressed that, beyond the administration, the autonomous jurisdiction should be adapted to that of the Reich and built up according to the German model. Great impression was given to the Czech population by the solemn inauguration of German district heads in various places. The same was true of the atmospheric reception of the conversion of the Czech beanmen. Interesting is the opinion of the Minister of the Interior Bienert. He said that from the autonomous offices the people with two faces were satisfied, who so far had been loyal to the need, but whose work did not speak for them. Furthermore, the autonomous administration was now fully involved in the Ziale dos Reich, within which it would simplify itself. He welcomed the elimination of double-tracking and the merger of the German authorities with the autonomous authorities, as a administrator he knew how this would benefit the autonomous management. However, these aberrations are not typical of the opinion of the higher csche-