English Translation

- 2 - 7 offer and arrived shortly before the appointment of the daily newspaper "Vlajka" at the Melantrich publishing house. The appointment of Brikcius as deputy principal author of the "České slovo" caused great disconcertion and discontinuation among the Me lantrich editors. It was pointed out that Brikcius did not in any way bring with him the skills that must be placed on the editor of such a significant political sheet. In Vlajka circles, it was stated that Brikcius had been unpopular with them since the previous award of a Czech national prize and, more especially, his attitude in Melantrich publishing house has left any feeling of connectedness with them. Brikkius had always been the least vlaj- kist among the Vlayka editors. In Prague's political circles, it was already noted in mid-July that Minister Moravec would not lift the ban on the activity of the Vlajka movement, which had been pronounced for some time, and that finally the daily newspaper "Vlajko" would have to stop its publication soon by the departure of Brikcius (Prague report dated 18.7.1942). When the daily newspaper "Vlajka" was actually stopped on July 2nd, 1942, this immediately gave rise to corresponding rumours and was combined with the attitude of the Brikcius in the Melantrich-Verlag. The leadership of the Vlajka immediately put the rumor into the world that Brikcius had been ordered 14 days ago to become i-main storm leader of Wolfram, where his departure from the newspaper "Vlajca" and his entry into the Melantrich publishing house had been demanded of him; when Brikcius had expressed here- against concerns, he had been told by Wolfram that he (Brikcius) would still see it if he could "stamp" in 14 days. With this trick, the Vlajka leadership in front of their followers tried to apostate the Brikcius as a coercive measure of the alleged Vlayka feind 4-main-sturm leader Wolfram of Wolmar. In fact, Brikcius has never been to this in recent times.