STÁTNÍ TAJEMNÍK U ŘÍŠSKÉHO PROTEKTORA V ČECHÁCH A NA MORAVĚ, PRAHA, inv. 1904, sig. 109-5/132 (poškozeno) Page 22 · 22 of 38
STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1904, sig. 109-5/132 (damaged)
English Translation
-2- 21 always retreating from all Germans, where they feel a constant energetic treatment, and since in individual cases the head rises, where it can hope and calculate for pity and generosity. The overall situation in Protectorate is completely calm. Due to the measures, all thoughts on strikes and movements have ceased. The wide-ranging measures leading to the confiscation of broadcasting equipment have led to an extraordinary reduction in whisper propaganda and have brought a substantial calm in the areas not affected. In terms of mood, the permanent conviction of the director Kafka has also had positive effects, which was transferred to the resistance movement as an important illegal man, but in the publication of the verdict he was particularly aware of the fact that he was convicted because he had denounced political dissidents of the state police under the motto of resistance. While the trial of Elias was first described as a show trial abroad and in the Old Kingdom, the facsimile publication of the Elise Declaration and the broadcast of this statement announced for tonight from the courtroom (which was recorded on records on my order) completely changed this impression, so that the process of Elias actually exerts a political effect in the German sense (the records will be presented in the next oral report). The following should be reported on major measures: