STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 387, sig. 109-4/132

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9 the government, as well as the mesmerizing leadership and intelligence circles, have contributed to a rumor formation, according to which the court actions to deter arbitrarily bring innocent victims to conviction. The basic meeting of these statements was therefore held yesterday at 17.00 a.m. in front of the Frease - as far as secrecy allowed - with numbers and names an incomprehensive outline of the resistance movement, indicating the error and malice of the rumor formation. President Hacha and the government also received a copy of this press address. At the same time, I have announced to the press basic nostrils about the Jewish question. The transcript of my Fresse address is attached as Appendix 1. Standerichte: The courts have decided in the last two days 36 death sentences, 89 transfers to the Gestapo and 5 acquittals. The death sentences are pronounced mainly against Schleichhündler, Hameterer, Virtschaftesaboteurs and terrorists. Radio equipment The following press notes were used against the whisper propaganda and the listening of foreign stations: 5158V "In some places of the Protectorate, the distribution of whistle and glue sheets, despite the strict prohibitions and the severe penalties imposed on foreign radio broadcasts, was proved.