English Translation

tv 22 BERAN before and since the establishment of the Protectorate. 1. Extreme chauvinism in the period from Munich until 15 March 1939 under the motto "Bine small ČSR, but ours" - removal of German affiliations - riots against Germans. 2. In the period of the 3. By March 8th, 1939, Beran had the press office suppressed all news of the increasing conflict between Prague and Pressburg. 3. During his term of office, Berans had done nothing to prevent or at least moderate the anti-German reporting of foreign correspondents in Prague, in particular by Ha-vas and the Polish agency Pat. 4. At the end of Feber and at the beginning of March l939, the chief political writer of the Bareš press office was on the order of Beran in London, where he held extensive negotiations, in particular with the Reuter Agency, with the aim of providing support for the agricultural party in the Czech Preg Sineh. Bareš returned to Prague on 8.III.1939 and claimed that his mission in England had been successful. 5. On 27.iii.l939, Beran had the news of numerous withdrawals from the Catholic Church in Slovakia circulated through the press office "confidentially" among foreign correspondents. A protest by the Catholics against the politics of Tiso should be expressed, which is "to be held responsible for the dismemberment of the ŽSR". A note in this regard has also appeared in the Beran newspaper "Večer" of 8.V.1939. 6. At the end of March the press office (Bareš) tried to bring back "confidential" information of a military nature about shooting exercises and strategically important construction projects of the German army into the international press. Ruudl.