English Translation

96 I have informed the Reichsprotektor of the whole matter, because the State Secretary was not tangible because of the presence of Russian journalists. I urgently asked the Reich's Protector not to engage in any negotiations in this case. It is the first thing that the Czechs refuse to carry out a clear instruction. If they were successful with this refusal, the whole system used so far would no longer work in the way of the Czech government. Mr Reichsprotektor apparently saw this and noted that the President Hácha would appear with him in a few minutes. After the lecture at the Reichsprotektor, I informed the State Secretary of the facts and presented him with the wisch given to me by the German sectional councillor Dr. Ehlemann. The Secretary of State then telephoned Minister J e ž e k in my presence and explained to him in a very clear form that he insisted on the implementation of the instructions he had given as a higher ij- and police leader. He warned the Minister urgently not to identify with this Legionnaire spirit. He now intends to tackle the whole Legionnaire problem in the Protectorate with all its sharpness and not to rest until this plague has been eradicated to the last stump. As the Secretary of State told me in the evening, this long-distance call was apparently announced to the Czechs by phonogram and was brought by the Prime Minister Elias into the discussion between the Reich Protector and the President Hácha. The Reich Protector has decided, b.w.