STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2533, sig. 109-12/180 Page 6 · 6 of 19
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2533, sig. 109-12/180
English Translation
S - 3 politicians of the world believe in the inescapability of war. the other 20% hope that a conference will take place. He, Beck, has no preconceived opinion. It is practically impossible to make a political forecast. He only follows the development of things. Warsaw has made a bad impression on Kitano. Great poverty, social ills. Although there are virtually no business relations between Japan and the Polish Ukraine, Japan has nevertheless established a consulate in Lviv. 2. Prague impressions and discussions of Mr. Kitano. - - - CaBes Kitano expected to find Prague in trouble, Magel of food, Czechs, the German soldiers spit on the street, everywhere military with planted bayonet, tanks in the streets etc. Right on the first day Kitano could not recover often enough that he had convinced himself of how things were so different. In his questions, he often took messages he had read in the "Times" or the "Daily Express" as a starting point to have concrete material available in this way, which should allow him to refute news circulating from English sources in Japan and to expose English propaganda. Kitano seems to have gained a full understanding of the real situation in the Protectorate, in particular he showed full understanding for the argument that first and foremost the recent past must be taken into account: the last 20 years, when dealing with "history",