English Translation

9/V - 16 - of the last month was often warned of rallies and riots. The German law of high treason is now also applied to the Czechs. This means for them that they fall into the penal provisions of this law if they do not want to betray their own people. For the Czech population, a ban on going out has now been issued that comes into effect after lo o'clock in the evening. Long-distance telephone traffic has been stopped. Despite all this, the location in Prague is taken on the light armpit in Berlin. The Czechoslovak envoy in London, Jan Masaryk, said yesterday evening that he had received reliable secret messages that President Hacha was being held prisoner. It seems that his rally yesterday to the Czech people came under strong pressure. In the USA, the Czechoslovak delegation and consulates have set the flag on a semi-mast to show mourning for the suppression of the Czecho-Slovak people and recent events. The first clashes in Prague took place, as it became known, when numerous students tried to attend the funeral of one of their fellow students beaten to death by the SS on 28th October. On Friday morning, SS stormed the Masaryk Student Home in Prague, where the barricades built by the students there had to be fought with the help of Beilen and MG. Some of the students fled to the nearby Jugoslav student home, where they met the young students who lived there, who rushed to help their Czech colleagues. Yesterday the Czech secret channel spread to the Czech students at the rally, in which it was said: Even these blood-heavy gangster methods cannot eradicate you. The universities will not remain closed for three years and they will not be reopened by the Germans either. Afterwards, extracts from foreign voices are brought to the events in the Protectorate, e.g. from the "New York Times" which writes: Now that the Germans have sown the dragon seed and the Czechs have received their martyrs, the situation will no longer come to rest. At the head of the fighting Czech battalions, the shot victims of these days will march. According to reports from Budapest, many German motorized troops are on their way to Prague. Daventry, 23 o'clock :Neutral observers in Germany report the situation in Czechoslovakia more than one than mere unrest. The minimum number of students had been allocated and some others had been shot on the streets. Kxki's relatives were not informed about the whereabouts of the students. Visits to hospitals were strictly prohibited. According to the report, a large number of students were taken to the concentration camp in Buchenwalde and a number of professors were imprisoned. According to reports arriving in London, some of the Slo-Wak regiments stationed in Aachen had to be dissolved and sent home, as they expressed their dissatisfaction very clearly.