STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1775, sig. 109-5/3 Page 8 · 8 of 63
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1775, sig. 109-5/3
English Translation
5a -4 - and Germanism in the Protectorate is still in the country in the circles around Benesch and Jan Masaryk. The decisive means of connection remains the radio. The rumors in the population as well as the behavior of the Czechs can usually be traced back to the radio broadcasts of the previous days. the behaviour of the Chefs completely with the statements repeatedly made on the radio, to preserve the calm and not to undertake any actions which could give rise to intervention by the German side. However, foreign broadcasting did not offer anything new and special on the Czech question. Masaryk's birthday was celebrated in Paris and London. On the same day, in the presence of the Czech and French military authorities and representatives of the Czechoslovakian National Committee, the Czech Wak army established in France was solemnly sworn in. However, the willingness to enter the army does not seem to be too great. After all, according to Swedish and Slovak-American reports, Czechs and Slovaks have been forced into the military. Even on the English radio they have been prompted to repeatedly request registration with the Czechoslovak representative offices and to threaten the desire for diplomatic protection. But trust in the victory of the Western powers is nowhere shaken. For example, all the national-conscious Czechs in Yugoslavia have recently gathered around a Czech university professor in Agram, who has obviously been consulting with the Czechoslovak Committee for some time in Paris on the design of his collection campaign, and the hostile flyer campaign has of course worked hand in hand with the enemy radio. In March, flyers were dropped several times over the Protectorate area.The Czech written "Flight Reporter No. 1", which was probably dropped in large quantities on the night of March 9th to the 1st, directly south of Prague, further to the Oberlandrat districts Kladno and Pardubitz, writes e.g. "The allies advise you: We do not send you this leaflet to call you to revolt. 64122