English Translation

Prague, 26 June 1940. K THE PRIMATOR-STELLVERTRETER S THE MAIN CITY PRAG. . Activity Report from 1 June to 26 June l940. S -_ When I begin this month's activity report with the evaluation of the visit of the city of Prague to Frankfurt a.M., this happens because this journey in various directions gave deep impressions into the overall situation of the town of Prague. It can be said from the outset that the reception of the Prague city tour by the Lord Mayor of Frankfurt has been a completely cordial one and above all gave us Germans the awareness that the large German cities welcome it vividly, if we try to come with them to the so long missing cooperation work. But it is precisely the cordiality with which the reception and the entertainment in Frankfurt were conducted that already suggests that the German cities have very different financial possibilities than Prague, and this is the point that gave us the opportunity to reflect on the domestic conditions of Prague during this trip, for it is becoming increasingly obvious that the other big German cities are only infinitely more in different areas, e.g. I am therefore moving to an extremely painful side of the Prague municipal finance system. In the last few years, we have had to experience that the Prague municipal revenues are being severely restricted from all sides and that efforts are constantly being made to reduce them further. It is high time that these unsustainable conditions were clearly pointed out. The comparison with the German cities calls for this. In an audition I conducted with the İrimator to the Prime Minister Eliáš and with President Hácha,