English Translation

70 5 to this extent: In the course of the present war the case may occur that the enemy powers succeed in weakening the German front to drop parachute jumpers and air landing troops in the Protectorate. These could bring weapons for the civilian population. Then the current political state could be changed by an insurrection and a new Czechoslovak Republic could be established. Benesh could then return to that state. The accused expressed his wish for such a development and said that in such a case he would be able to have the farmers in his hands within 48 hours exactly as he used to when he still played a decisive role in the agricultural party. BL.23/29, The accused admits that with Dostal the formation 43/45.51/55 of an illegal organization had been considered and talked about that there were a number of people =0 who would join such a resistance movement without hesitation. In his defence, however, the accused refers to the fact that he theoretically discusses the formation of an illegal organization, but never intended or even called upon Dostal to do so. That people would be willing to do such activities, he had just as explicitly condemned, as any illegal activity at all. He also pointed out that Dostal was in danger of discovering such activity. The defendant denies the rest of the charges against Dostal and misunderstandings them by Dostals that he expressed his respect for Zeman and Zvěřina before Benesch, the accused admits, but defends himself with the fact that he did not want to acknowledge Benesch's political goals, but rather his personal devotion, which he sees in the fact, that Benesch continued to work for the Czech people, although he had generally rejected him when he left in the year l938. The aberration that he - Machnik - the peasants within