STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1858, sig. 109-5/86 Page 40 · 40 of 61
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1858, sig. 109-5/86
English Translation
3+ - 15 - Wallek, not only in the negotiations on the cooperation of the Moravian theatres, but also in the preparation of the play plans and the creation of the means to promote and stimulate. However, he showed only a very poor interest for the Moravians stages and did nothing for a single artistic selection of the 3 theatres. Film. In the film industry, too, the mistake of a strong leadership of Prague is noticeable. There are still extensive but unused possibilities to use the film in Moravia for strengthening the German position. The trust company in Prague, which had been called into existence with great effort, proved, as was expected from the beginning, to be a fehlinsti- tution, which in any case did not know how to develop a sustainable and fruitful activity in Moravia. It is only to be welcomed in the course of its dismantling. Completely unexplained is also the important question of cinema licensing. It is well known with what energy the Czechs used in the past to use the licensing system to strengthen their political power positions and to provide financial support for their struggle groups (socol etc.). I have been trying, although I believe in itself the complete elimination of the licensing regime is desirable, that licences should be issued in the same way.