GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 738, sig. 110-5/27

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POSV ~26 - And he made these attempts. When he came out of his homeland for the third time, he was reported and could not return. And there are already letters from Geneva, from the hotel "Richuond", in which he said that he could not return, and he pointed out that never-one of us should dare to go to Austria because he would pay for his coming with his life, because we would be listed on the police index. He sent in the copy of a police report. This was provided by Machar's friends and read: ""Streng confidential! K.k.Police Directorate in Vienna. Pr.8o7l & Pan-Slavist Movement, Report of February 4, 1915, Pr.Z.5741/K, Vienna, March 18, 1915. Presidium (From the Report of a Confelent). According to news recently received from abroad, the majority of Czechs living abroad are very anti-Austrian. 30 an: The "P sci" of 20, January 1915 receives from Geneva the notification that in Prague there is a committee that will inform the foreign Czechs about all political events in Bohemia, The first published monthly publication in English "American Bi- Monthly" clearly pays homage to Czech revolutionary. Trends. Print and publishing are in Chicago. Written directors are A.G.Melichar and Prof.J.Z.Zmrhal, secretary of the Czech National Association in Chizago. Prof. Monroe and Dr. Vejan were appointed as co-workers. The reports they publish are identical with dénen, which are distributed by the trusting man working with us. On the basis of this propaganda, the Chacho-American National Council, a -a to the chairman F. Štepina, the cashier Lr. B. imunek, the secretary: Dr. Salaba-Vojan 2004 South Albany Ave, Chiçago III, lO.O00 dollars, which a Czech active politician uses for political actions in Prague. The connection between the American Nationalra: Prague is concerned with a personality in Lausanne, who describes iir letters only as an "active politician", from which comes the reports from Prague, Brno, Prerau, Olomouc, Moravian-Ostrava and Prössnitz about executions of Czechs and their movement. The g collected sum of 10,000 dollars - 50,000 crowns is to be sent to end : February cder beginning of March from Chicago. The addressee is known to the confidant ni:ht.. This amount as well as the others should be used to an organization that has the independence of Bohemia as its goal.