English Translation

- 2 - Hácha's letter of 16.12.1941 and also know and today see how much the case of Havelka had touched his heart (the president of the state) and attacked his state of health. Nevertheless, he had to tell him that Havelka was under serious suspicion of anti-rich activity and relations and had certainly abused and deceived the President's kindness and trust, as others did. He had, like Eliáš, been inspired and knew about the activities of anti‐rich resistance groups and was similarly burdened with Eliás. In order to be able to meet the President personally and not to worsen his attacked state of health, he had thought about how the Havelka case could be dealt with further. He had also obtained an expert opinion from the Volksgerichtshof in Berlin on the Pall Havelka in the second half of the year and had also received the news from there that the Havelca case had been stored in such a way that at least a higher prison sentence had to be reckoned with. He was brought into an extremely difficult situation by the prefaces of Hácha, because as representative of the Reich he had to make sure that all enemies of the Empire had to be given a just punishment and Havelka had to get - since the civilian exception still prevails in the Protectorate - from the court to the verdict, where he hears according to pug and right. In addition, contrary to the President's opinion, he considered that the people of the Protectorate would not only see in a condemnation Havelka a reduction in the prestige of the President, but, on the contrary, it would not be possible for the small man to be hanged but for the big ones to run. Nevertheless, he merely wanted to remove his first decision from his personal attitude towards Hácha and, out of consideration for the state of health of the President, to re-examine the whole case in person on the basis of the files he had brought in. As a result of the great sympathy that Hácha takes with the person Havelkas, he was even ready until the conclusion of the repeated