English Translation

13a - 18 - After all, the defendant had voluntarily resigned from the Prime Minister only because he had only inadequately mastered the German language and in this lack saw an obstacle to the aaaa aaAaaanaaaaeaa's authorities. The defendant therefore demonstrated these allegations in order to shake the credibility of the witnesses of the burden - in particular the witnesses Jošt and Schneeberger - since it is not to be assumed that a man who was so positile to Germanism and the German Reich, as the accused and this attitude acted through positive actions and called the Germans into the country, should have been guilty of a criminal act against the interests of the Reich. The witnesses Rudolf Haltk and Dr.Emanuel Slaby stated that the defendant was an opponent of the former Czech Foreign Minister and later President Beneš and that he had constantly publicly fought against Beneš's policies and methods. Incidentally, this is also known to the court. May 26, 1942, it is true that the defendant, in word and writing, had been exposed to many hostilitys by the Czech public for compensation with the Sudeten ma ta a a aa aa Sa Canasa at p aas aa. a Ba a Saaoaa oa wa da president of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Dr.Emil Hacha of June 5, 1942 also states that on the questions whether the accused had stood up for an agreement with the Sudeten German party and was a pronounced opponent of Beneš's, the then German a ta To this end, the Secretary of State of the Reich's Protector i Gruppenführer Karl Hermann' Frank was heard as a witness. On the basis of this statement, it is true that, in the autumn of 1988, the defendant maintained good relations with France, i.e. with 01262 NCY.