STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 2697, sig. 109-13/4 Page 8 · 8 of 106
A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2697, sig. 109-13/4
English Translation
1 () - 7 - During the whole period of their stay in the *arl-Borromaeus church, the assassins and their helpers did not lead themselves safely, but tried several times to escape to the country. The fact that this did not succeed is only due to the extremely sharp search measures. According to the current state of the investigation, more than 2o people knew of the hiding place in the church of Charles Borromeo for two days, without filing any charges. III. The English order. At the scene two bombs, an English machine pistol and several shells of English pistol ammunition Cynoch had been found. Weeks before, the Prague State Police Department had collected equipment from parachute agents who had been thrown away with them on a large scale, including completely similar machine guns, Kynoch gun ammunition and completely identical components as they were used to produce the bombs found at the scene. In addition, this spring, the bomb bomb bombardment of the British troops in North Africa was used in explosive devices to combat armored vehicles. However, the investigation reports are also full of testimonies of the parachute agents' manifestations, after which they were deposed on an English mission to practice sabotage and terror. The last proof of London's order, however, is the radio messages found by the leader of the parachutist groups in the Protectorate, Chief of Staff B a r t o $ , and attached to them, which have been exchanged between him from Pardubitz (Bohemians) and London. In a radio message sent to London at the beginning of May 1942, which confirms, by the way, the almost complete destruction of the disposal of the guards in the Protectorate by the secret state police, he warns against the attack, urges that the order given to Otta and Zdenek (the names of the two assassins) be revoked and, if necessary, proposes an attack on the Minister of Propaganda of the Protectorates, Emanuel M or r a v e c. The assassination attempt was not revoked, but in a radio message from 3.6.19942 from London the parachute agents pronounced the recognition of Benesch.