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Ma -9- FMS in Protectorate and in Slovakia. On the other hand, it is proved that Mitnacht has written secret reports on the mood and conditions of the protectorate to the Vatican State Secretariat, using the material obtained from the ministry. In this context, it would be interesting to note that, following very reliable reports from the representatives of the Federal Foreign Office to the Reichsprotektor in Bohemia and Moravia, Consul General J a n s o n and his attaché Dr. F o r n e r as follows: Consul General Janson: About half a year ago he told the Italian Consul-General in the presence of several Italian journalists that he was formerly active in Gdansk and there only J was known under the Naxen "state enemy No. 1". He had had disputes with Gauleiter Forster and had therefore left Gdanzig. Dr. Fornert About eight months ago, he expressed to a Catholic clergyman that the measures against the Order of Malta would soon be lifted, and he would resurrect in old splendour. He let him see that he himself was not averse to becoming a Knight of Malta. As is now reported in Annex 5, Father Mitnacht is to receive official statistical material on the confessional situation in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. It is self-evident that this material is immediately transmitted to the Vatican by Mitnachth via the Nunciature Secretary Dr. Forni. In addition, it is particularly important for him to receive material from the united Cst Churches, which has gained an extraordinary significance for the Catholic Church since the war with Russia. According to his own statements (Anl. 4) R.), Mitnacht is the Consistorial Council with seat and voice of the Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia (Bishop of Bressov). This appeal was received by midnight years ago, as he was personally commissioned by the Pope to become Byzantine-Slavian 23555 -L-