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

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0h - 10 - never for this reason was burdened by feelings of inferiority, the Oberlandrat must also be more aware that its position was not diminished, but strengthened, since it is only judicious to gather knowledge and to exhibit defects, but its termination and irn uex.dastueq! Now to the Stinmen, who said that the conversion would be premature and only half a thing: I want to start a conversation in this Zusemoennange, which I had with a Czech district captain, When I asked this one what ex to the Umbou neope, he explained to me siangenäß, vr don't understand, that the Germans would have completely eliminated the autonomy niclit. This condition would occur sooner or later and would also be desirable in the interest of a clear line. He would still come from the old Austrian administration, since he had been a Reich official and this had greatly strengthened his self-consciousness. Now, however, his position was completely unexplained. Formally, he was an autonomous official, thus under the Landos-Präsident, but in addition, the Oberlendrat, so that he had to serve two-harvests, and it was difficult to always correctly determine who was the more correct and powerful one. I do not need to stress that this Czech, but German-friendly official, sees the situation right from his point of view, just as it is not to be misunderstood, that the Czech intelligence is right if it ultimately sees the reconstruction as a hollowing out of the autcony and therefore does not welcome it, if only as a half step, but rejects it. There were other ways of making the conversion so that it was possible to penetrate even more into the autonomous administration and, on the other hand, the Czechs who were prepared to cooperate were more firmly bound to us.