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68 - 62 - in which the Czech workers living here were to be brought together as far as possible. Furthermore, Czech technicians and engineers from other countries seem to have been called to work in this plant in France. Investigations are still being conducted on the nature, name of the plant and whether it had already entered into activity. As mentioned above, the department was also in contact with most foreign representatives of the local defence companies, closely monitoring the activities of these representatives and, by the medium of the works in the Protectorate itself, and the mentioned representations served as a base for various truss actions to finance the "Czech secret organisation". In addition, they were also responsible for special tasks (in a confidential letter it says "delicate tasks) of exceptional financial transactions to finance the Czech secret organization in the Protectorate were carried out by this department (see report of the Special Command of the RF→h, department Paris of 29.7.1940). 1.) The Department of Trade, Industry and Commerce, together with the French authorities, worked particularly on the economic aspects of the European South-East. It was in close cooperation with the Franco-Czech Chamber of Commerce and the "Société d'Expansion Commerciale Franco-Jougoslave". The head of this department, K u n o s i , was from Prague in March 1939, where he was employed at the export institute, and fled via Bratislava to France. 2.) The "information department" under Dr. Hubert R i p k a , whose deputy professor Vladimir K l e c a n d a was and led the alias Luděk K a l v o d a, published in the press department under the direction of Klecanda the journals "Československý boj", "Čekoslovenské zprávy" , "L'europe centrale", "S lovenský chyrnik" and "Naše vojsko". The "Nouvelles fchecoslovaques" and the "Evangelické hlasy" published by the Fathers Š i m o v i č and H r u b ý were in direct contact with the department. - 63 -