English Translation

h - 6 - At all trade fairs abroad, too, the Protectorate is represented in the exhibitions of the German Reich with its laborious products. To refute foreign news about the suppression of Czechs in cultural areas, I note that the Czechs can fully live out culturally. Theatres and cinemas are in full operation, three channels, namely Prague, Brno and Moravia.- Ostrava, broadcast daily l6 bezw. 1 8 hours their Czech programme, the number of radio listeners, especially among Czech farmers and workers, di: in the time of cultural alienation Benesch was not broadcasting, has increased considerably and, despite the heavily translated newspaper market, no Czech daily newspapers have been stopped by us so far. Only four magazines, a daily newspaper, called "Narodni Noviny", have been posted, and only two Czech editors have been arrested since the outbreak of the war because of press policy violations. These are the gentlemen Peroutka and Stransky, the latter was released after 20 days of detention and is currently the main author of the "Ceske Slovo". For about a quarter of a year, we have found perfectly that the Czech newspapers, which adhere to a positive line towards the Reich and are intensively concerned with the achievements and advantages of the Reich, are beginning to increase their circulation rate, while those magazines, which do not contribute to a re-education of their Czech readers and thus become colourless, are gradually declining with their circulation numbers, e.g. "lidove noviny". A Catholic clergyman found a few days ago that since the fall of the Benesch system, the Czech broadcasting system has been far wider and