English Translation

27 Prague, 23.1l.1940. Secret report. on a conversation between Prime Minister E l i a š and the head of the Prague daily newspaper "Večer" K r y c h t a l e k . According to Krychtalek's oral report, he asked Krychtalek what he thought of the Molotov visit to Berlin.According to Kychtalak's announcement, Elias was very quick to say that Krykhtalek was of a general political significance and not just an economic importance to the visit, since he / Eliš/ had only learned from his advisors that it was a visit of exclusively economic importance. In this context, Elias boldly said about Krychtalek that he had been firmly convinced by the time of the collapse of France that Germany had to lose the war. However, since the capitulation of France, he was convinced of the opposite. Now that the Molotov visit had come about, he was of the firm belief that Germany could no longer lose at all. On the question of Krychtalek's why he did not publicly express this recent production of the sure victory of Germany, which would undoubtedly make a big impression on the Czech public, Elias replied that this was not his fault. He also mentioned that probably no one would believe him. In connection with the visit of the Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels, Elias mentioned that he had previously been firmly of the opinion that Dr.Goebbel's is a "protection child of the German revolution". Now, since Dr. Göebbel had personally learned to know, he knew, however, that Goeb Bel's personality was the most outstanding in the German Revolution. Regarding the problem of the NS in connection with the withdrawal of Krychtalek from the Committee of the same, Elias mentioned that he himself no longer believed in the success of the National Socialist Party, but that the President had the power to continue to exist, because it was his own foundation and therefore had to be preserved out of prestige. He mentioned that he / Eliaš / "egøistische -freh"sei that the two activists had left. People like Krychtalek and Ryba would have to walk dead in the NS in a very short time and would not get dead at other much more important posts of 60 zin