STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1998, sig. 109-7/5 Page 47 · 47 of 151
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1998, sig. 109-7/5
English Translation
38 The Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Prague, 14 January 1941. No. It is requested to indicate the fähschesgefastszeidhen and the counterpoint of the further letters Mr. President Dr. Hácha, Prague. Dear President ! I have received your letter of 11 January 1941 . I am amazed at its version. I have told you all, however, that the measures taken to dismantle the public staff of the Protectorate administration have been caused by the fact that the staff budget of the protectorate has been exceptionally translated. As you have finally admitted to me in our discussion, this translation is absolutely necessary for reasons of state and civil policy. As I have also told you, the dismantling measure I have taken is a general measure which by no means only affects the legionaries. It will not even affect all legionnaires. For me, it is the attitude that they have shown in the past close to=2 years that is decisive for the optional retirement of the over 45-year-old public servants. It is particularly important to me to remove the anti-state elements that cannot be found with the reorganization of political and state-law relations=. However, I do not want to hide the fact that especially in the ranks of the legionaries there are many such anti-state elements; this undeniable fact is also based on the wording of point 1 in my letter to the Prime Minister. Nevertheless, in these letters I have reserved the opportunity to grant exceptions to the dismantling of the legionaries over 45 years old and thus already done from me what I was entitled to in Ih=