STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2024, sig. 109-7/31

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In Bulgaria, on the other hand, because of the German-friendly attitude of this state, they are forced to do their anti-rich activity in all secrecy. It is significant that the Czech emigration works closely with the Polish and, since it is relatively weak in many places and only gains political weight through the increasing number of Polish emigrations. This was especially the case until recently in Romania. Politically, the greatest impact is propaganda. It is the first form of action to be directed against the realm and without being directed by the central point or without any prior contact between the individual groups occurring spontaneously at all Czech branches at the same time. First of all, it was directed against the German branches, in particular against the foreign organisation, with the aim of destroying them or to denounce them with the police or the public opinion of the host country. It was only gradually organized and finally centrally controlled from Paris, where the necessary material was also supplied from the Protectorate by the illegal secret organization that has now emerged here. From now on, the propaganda was also systematically directed against the empire and its political leadership, as well as against the protectionist regime accused of betrayal.The impact of this propaganda on the Czech population within the Protectorate was also very soon to be established, although it is interesting that the Czechs and guidelines followed willingly. In the past, for example, on the occasion of the year tektorats or the birthday of Masaryk, the Czechs had been invited to hold meetings or other incidents in the pro cess of this foreign propaganda and to wait.