English Translation

69 3 - as well as many members of the former "farming equestrianism". From the further executions of the accused it emerged that he was politically leading the planned organization, while Dostal was to build it. Dostal, however, feared to cause suspicion as a result of the circumvention with the accused, because he and his former political attitude were well known. Therefore, he broke off the conversation with the defendant and said goodbye to him but to give him a commitment to cooperate. B1.5,38 Around the end of January 1943, the accused Machnik and Dostal happened to meet again on the street in Klattau and chatted about a funeral during the common home. Here, the schooled Dostal called for the establishment of the planned illegal organization and said that it was now final time to bring the intended organization into being. He explained this with the general political situation and again expressed the conviction that Germany would lose the war and that the Czechs could speed up this course of events through active cooperation in such an organization. The accused told Dostal that he wanted to discuss with him about the establishment of this organization and asked him to make reliable persons known to him.The statements made by the accused showed that he felt that he had to give up the so far practiced political restraint now more and, through his own activities, promote a development that led to the restoration of an independent Czechoslovak Republic.Since Dostal was too dangerous to deal with the well-known accused, he refused any cooperation. The political attitude and intentions of the accused also result from conversations he had with other acquaintances. B1,7,8,40,41 Thus, in January or February 1943, the accused brought the conversation with the department head of the labour office Klattau, Dr.Alfred Zeman, through