STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 463, sig. 109-4/208 Page 13 · 13 of 23
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 463, sig. 109-4/208
English Translation
VV Italy must therefore now assume the obligation to limit the cultural and linguistic activities of the institute to the Reichsdeutschen in question. On the Italian side, a written fixation of the agreement with this regulation was envisaged. On 1 October 194, the Federal Foreign Office's clerk asked whether the Czechs could be regarded as Reichsdeutsche in a broader sense and be admitted and treated as such by the Ital. Cultural Institute. This was denied, whereupon Mr Caruso said, "do not leave much to be done by the Institute", especially since he was told, on his further question, that the Czechs registered for the coming winter semester must also be rejected. After his return to Prague, the Consul General promised to leave the necessary things in this sense. Finally, Mr Caruso asked whether it would not be possible to continue the previous subsidies from the Protectorate Government to the Cultural Institute. The Federal Foreign Office has also denied this question without the attempt of Mr Caruso to establish a legal obligation to these payments, since the cultural propaganda of a state cannot be financed by the host country.- Consul General Carusos planned a reconstruction of the Italian orphanage in order to build the institute, the organisations of the Fascio et al. The restructuring should be carried out at the expense of the protectorate government. It can be assumed that he will come back to this matter again. In spite of repeated rejection, he may again request that the museum's current curator be paid a salary from the Protectorate's Fund (which is also the head of the Allighieri Society in Brno) like his predecessor. In any event, all Mr Caruso's motions concerning the Italian cultural positions will be dealt with in accordance with the letter of order, pending the conclusion of the discussions between the German Embassy in Rome and the Italian Government. There is only an agreement in negotiation to regulate the legal relations of the Museum of Italian Patriots on the Spielberg. Since still in consultation with the Wehrmacht authorized and group I - ll a visit and use regulations, the