STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1199, sig. 109-4/953

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A_b_s_chrift The Imperial Protector in Bohemia and Moravia Prague, December 2, 1939. Nr. XV P Lut O. Herrn Oberrat Dr. H o f m a n n , in H a u s e ._ Referring to the recent oral discussion with Mr K u t , which took place in your presence,I have been informed that the Národní Souručenství in Kladno has also sent the reports of the circle published there in 50,000 copies to private persons. I would like to point out that such reports by the N.S. A circulation of 50,000 must, therefore, be regarded as an illegal leaflet and treated accordingly,as well as its publication and its representatives, if a censorship of these reports has not taken place before. I would therefore ask that, as soon as possible, it should be ensured that such abuse is no longer carried out with the reports of the individual circuits of the NS. In order to obtain an overview of the various circuits, I would ask the NSS Committee to draw up a compilation of all those circuits which issue such their own sections, each indicating the exact and binding number of copies. On behalf of Sofry