STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 483, sig. 109-4229 (damaged)

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- 13 - // He therefore did not ask the Schneeberger to register with him in the future with his alias "Dr.Svojsik". aa da ea a d Paa te. The amount of lo ooo K. handed over to the Schneenberger was exclusively intended for Kahanek's cure costs, which the defendant o o Ja t aaa sen wanted. In so far as the defendant has denied having had knowledge of any illegal purposes, the Senate could not follow the defendant's information. In this respect, the defendant appears to be convicted by the statements of Jost and Schneeberger, who were heard as witnesses in the main trial. Jošt stated as a witness that he had informed the defendant that he was referring to the writer Bertl when he fled abroad so buto sa a o do pun ta aama o news of political, economic and cultural content which would be forwarded abroad. He had also already made the complaint of his connections to the former post-doctoral officer. He had expressly requested the donation of money for Hieke and had also subsequently thanked the defendant for the amount of lo ooo K. handed over to him by his secretary Drahokoupil. At the same time, he said that this money was used for the illegal escape of Lieutenant Colonel Hieke abroad. There was no reason at all for not believing in the statements of Jošt, who was heard as a witness, especially since his statements were essentially based on the information he had given to Beran, accused of himself, from the fact that he had already received several letters from Bertl and Kahånek, who were initially employed in Warsaw and later in Bucharest, that Jost had illegal relations with foreign countries. In so far as the accused has claimed that he knew nothing of a connection between Jošt and Třebicky and Hieke at all, but that he had not been able to do so until after his arrest, he is not only convicted of this by the particular statement of the witness Jost, but also by his detailed admission to the investigating judge.