STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1781, sig. 109-5/9

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44a Restitution of the Czechoslovak Republic expressly states. In addition, after the abolition of the customs border on 1 January 1994 an increased shortage of food is expected, although by the establishment of the police border and the release bans a greater withdrawal of food after the Reich is to be prevented. Whispering propaganda has spread in all parts of the Protectorate the view that in the second winter of the war there is to be expected a famine and coal need. Nothing or too little has been done by the relevant Czech authorities to eliminate this alarming attitude of the Czech community. This became clear by the presentation of the well-known speech of the Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels on 9 September 1994 in front of Czech artists and journalists in Berlin. After the first shock effect, which also lasted a few days with the government, one wants now to prove real loyalty and initiate a large-scale re-education action. To this end, one wants to use all the new committee of the NG (unification party) and the association for the cooperation with the Germans. The latter association had indeed at a meeting on 28.9.194o in Prague a hitherto unknown number of visitors of 4 ooo persons. According to previous experiences, it can be assumed that the anti-German influences prove to be stronger than the perhaps serious 92959