English Translation

h3 - 13 - just one administration, namely the formally autonomous one, which, however, was undressed by the assignment with Reichsaufgaben at the same time of its specifically autonomous Charakter, is therefore at least indirectly Reichsverwaltung. It will now be on the German side to make the autonomous administration so much more responsible for the German tasks and, if possible, to enforce with Germans that, once the time has come for the abolition of autonomy, this situation has long been fac- tically present. From this point of view, the reconstruction is to be regarded as positive and, according to the human resources now available, also the only way to penetrate and slow erosion of autonomy. The Czechs were so deprined by the shock effect they had caused during the attack on G-Obergruppenführer Heydrich that they were prepared for far deeper measures than the reconstruction, even the abolition of autonomy. In addition, their interest at that time was only directed at the consequences of the murder attack on 4-upper group leader Heydrich, so that the conversion was rather unnoticed and is now accepted as a complete fact. Of course, one must be aware that a certain recording time is still necessary until the smooth functioning of this new apparatus. On the one hand, the German officials in the authorities still under the leadership of the Czech Republic will be able to secure a decisive influence on the activities of the autonomous authorities, with formal recognition of the relationship between the Czech authorities and the head of the government, and on the other hand, it will always be necessary to consider where to go.