English Translation

72 tesee seett Prag-Bubentsch, 16.6.1944. SD section Prague Sachsenweg telex 60141, 77841, Czernin 3911-19 III S - Hn./Schg. Geheimchin! GRS-PA 114 57P1053 12221 Ministera An and. ca0bs60.17.JUN1044 4-Obergruppenführer Staatsminister K.H.F r/a n k 8 2ie ada): Prag MaM ?frig Betr.: Society circle around the Hungarian Consul General in Frag, Mario v.S p a n y i . SAr Vorg.: Without the social life of the Prague diplomatic corps, despite the war, is strikingly moving.The difference to the social activity of the former envoys in Prague lies only in the political insignificance of the diplomatic representations accredited here today as a result of the establishment of the Protectorate and the war. However, there is a clear desire to continue the social tradition of the former embassies and to emphasize the importance of the consulates as a social centre through a large number of invitations and events, which are particularly striking today. As far as the political ambition of individual diplomats plays a role in this, a consideration of the personnel in the consulates shows. The fact that Prague has to be counted among the few political and economic centres previously spared by the bomb terror created by the associated influx of political, economic and cultural figures favorable conditions for the striking refusal of Prague's social life. In recent times, the Hungarian Consul General, the Italian Consul-General and the Swiss Consuls-General have developed a particularly busy social activity, although the Hungarian consulate-general clearly deserves the greatest interest by the representative nature of his events and by the circle of invited guests.At first glance, a preference for nobles by the Hungarian General Consul Mario v. 1 JUL 1944 9534 VF-96a/1 1578/43/160 PA