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

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85 -2 radios were confiscated from such Czechs, which belong to German enemy circles (Legionëre et al.). 20 apparatuses were confiscated each when V-signs were located at a German building, when they were found at a Czech building. All in all, in Protek- e deea ca of the radios the rumor has arisen that now a general confiscation of the broadcasting equipment will come to the Czechs. In the next days the V counter-action will take place. The Hus Day and the Catholic holiday Cyrill and Method went everywhere calmly and without incidents. The church events showed in some places an emphasized Czech-national tendency. The cultural life of the Czechs is extremely active; especially in the field of theatre and music there is already an increasing intensification for the coming season. Countless events are in the sign of the Dvořak Memorial Year. The German-Czech joint film production has been commissioned by me to publish a film about the life of the Czech composer Smetana. With this film, which will show the actual dependence of Smetane on German music culture, a hegtimate Czech cultural propaganda is supposed to be counteracted. The Czech press has once again proved its worth in the period under review. On the situation in the East and on the fight against Bolshewiemus and plutocracy, very useful, good articles and comments have been written on their own initiative. The main author of a Czech paper in Moravia has asked the President Dr.Hacha to support his request for use as war correspondent at the East Froyt.